The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Petroski, Henry

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679734154)

Vendor: Henry Petroski
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$26.00
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Petroski, Henry

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

$26.00
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Petroski, Henry

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

$26.00
Format: Paperback
Description
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Now in paperback, the fascinating, quirky, highly acclaimed book about that indispensable object, the pencil. Petroski traces its origins back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.

Author: Henry Petroski
ISBN-10: 0679734155
ISBN-13: 9780679734154
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/10/1992
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 5.25w x 1.15d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/28/1992
By Henry Petroski
By Henry Petroski
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Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of more than a dozen books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.

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