The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski
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The Pencil
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Henry Petroski looks at the pencil and cites it as a prime example of elegant design and engineering with much to say about the world of modern technology. He includes facts such as that a single pencil could draw a line 70 miles long, and that Hemingway and Steinbeck wrote novels in pencil.
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GOR001482573
9780571161829
0571161820
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Faber & Faber
19901105
448
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