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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701672562 Title: The toaster project : or A heroic attempt to build a simple electric appliance from scratch Author: Thomas Thwaites Publisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9781568989976 1568989970 OCLC:701672562

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The toaster project : or A heroic attempt to build a simple electric appliance from scratch

Author:	Thomas Thwaites
Publisher:	New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2011.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	The story of the author's nine-month-long journey to build a toaster from scratch--from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry--aims to help the reader reflect on the costs and perils of our cheap consumer culture.
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Subjects	Thwaites, Thomas, -- Themes, motives. Manufactures -- Miscellanea. Manufacturas -- Misceláneas. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Miscellanea Misceláneas
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Thomas Thwaites Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781568989976 1568989970
OCLC Number:	701672562
Description:	191 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 20 cm.
Contents:	Deconstruction -- Steel -- Mica -- Plastic -- Copper -- Nickel -- Construction.
Other Titles:	Heroic attempt to build a simple electric appliance from scratch
Responsibility:	Thomas Thwaites.

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The story of the author's nine-month-long journey to build a toaster from scratch--from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry--aims to help the reader reflect on the costs and perils of our cheap consumer culture.

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"One of the most exciting books to come across my desk in the last while.... A hilarious, wonderfully wrought account of how hard it is to really make anything from scratch, much less an electronic device." -- Aaron Britt, Dwell.com Read more...

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