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The Toothpick: Technology and Culture by Henry Petroski (English) Paperback Book
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- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9780307279439
- Type
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780307279439
- Book Title
- Toothpick : Technology and Culture
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Design, Technology & Engineering, Health & Fitness
- Topic
- Inventions, Industrial Design / General, Product, Oral Health
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 13.4 Oz
- 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
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Inventions, Industrial Design / General, Product, Oral Health
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Design, Technology & Engineering, Health & Fitness
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
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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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Trade
Dewey Decimal
674/.88
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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