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The Toothpick: Technology and Culture by Henry Petroski (English) Paperback Book
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- ISBN-13
- 9780307279439
- Type
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- ISBN
- 9780307279439
- Book Title
- Toothpick : Technology and Culture
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Design, Technology & Engineering, Health & Fitness
- Topic
- Inventions, Industrial Design / General, Product, Oral Health
- Item Weight
- 13.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil . From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of the American wooden toothpick industry, ensured toothpicks appeared in every restaurant, the toothpick has been an omnipresent, yet often overlooked part of our daily lives. Here, with an engineer's eye for detail and a poet's flair for language, Henry Petroski takes us on an incredible tour of this most interesting invention. Along the way, he peers inside today's surprisingly secretive toothpick-manufacturing industry, and explores a treasure trove of the toothpick's unintended uses and perils, from sandwiches to martinis and beyond.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
030727943x
ISBN-13
9780307279439
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7038279005
Product Key Features
Book Title
Toothpick : Technology and Culture
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Inventions, Industrial Design / General, Product, Oral Health
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Technology & Engineering, Health & Fitness
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
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"Offers rare insights into principles of engineering and design." -- The Washington Post Book World "Delightful . . . Mr. Petroski combines historical narrative with technical expertise to compelling affect." -- New York Sun "I'll never look at a toothpick in the same way." --Jeri Krentz, The Charlotte Observer "Petroski writes . . . with the observant eye of an engineer and the imaginative heart of a novelist." -- Los Angeles Times, "Offers rare insights into principles of engineering and design." -The Washington Post Book World "Delightful . . . Mr. Petroski combines historical narrative with technical expertise to compelling affect." -New York Sun "I'll never look at a toothpick in the same way." -Jeri Krentz,The Charlotte Observer "Petroski writes . . . with the observant eye of an engineer and the imaginative heart of a novelist." -Los Angeles Times, "Offers rare insights into principles of engineering and design." - The Washington Post Book World "Delightful . . . Mr. Petroski combines historical narrative with technical expertise to compelling affect." - New York Sun "I'll never look at a toothpick in the same way." -Jeri Krentz, The Charlotte Observer "Petroski writes . . . with the observant eye of an engineer and the imaginative heart of a novelist." - Los Angeles Times
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Dewey Decimal
674/.88
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