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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841332506 Title: The evolution of useful things : how everyday artifacts - from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers - came to be as they are Author: Henry Petroski; 3M Company Publisher: New York : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010. ISBN/ISSN: 9780307773050 0307773051 OCLC:841332506

  
  

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The evolution of useful things : how everyday artifacts - from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers - came to be as they are

Author:	Henry Petroski; 3M Company.
Publisher:	New York : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	???How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine?? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch????In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that most of us count on but rarely contemplate, including such icons of the everyday as pins, Post-its, and fast-food "clamshell" containers.? At the same time, he offers a convincing new theory of technological innovation as a response to the perceived failures of existing products?suggesting that irritation, and not necessity, is the mother of invention. From the Trade Paperback edition.  Read more...
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Subjects	Inventions. Patents. Industrial design. View all subjects
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