ENGLISH

The evolution of useful things: how everyday artifacts - from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers - came to be as they are

By Henry , Petroski

Book information

Publisher
Vintage;Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN
9780307773050, 0679760210, 0679734163, 9780679740391, 0307773051
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (4170717 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Experiments & Projects;Industrial Design;Product;S

Description

???How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine?? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch????In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that most of us count on but rarely contemplate, including such icons of the everyday as pins, Post-its, and fast-food "clamshell" containers.? At the same time, he offers a convincing new theory of technological innovation as a response to the perceived failures of existing products?suggesting that irritation, and not necessity, is the mother of invention. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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