These incorporate quirky anecdotes about the history of everyday objects, including the personalities and pitfalls along the path to innovation and unusual facts behind things we frequently see and use.
Smart, surprising, and informative, this book is the ultimate resource for history and trivia buffs alike. Dive into these entertaining pages and let your curiosity to run wild! Presents the stories behind hundreds of everyday objects and consumer products, covering items ranging from clothing and tools to housing and games, in an omnibus for trivia buffs that is complemented by informative timelines and sidebars.
Discover the history behind the world's tallest skyscrapers, find out when people first started drinking caffeine and why it wakes us up, and learn how GPS came to be, "--Amazon. Sometime about 30, years ago, somebody stuck a sharp rock into a split stick and presto! DMCA and Copyright : The book is not hosted on our servers, to remove the file please contact the source url.
If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed. It is all about the ordinary things that come in our daily life. With the help of National Geographic Henry Petroski wrote this book.
Henry is a professor of engineering and of history at Duke University. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he lectures nationally and internationally on topics small and large. In this book, the author discussed small things in a very interesting way. This vivid, engrossing book reveals the fascinating stories behind the objects in our world.
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