The pencil: a history of design and circumstance
Petroski, Henry1990
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Henry Petroski looks at the pencil and cites it as a prime example of elegant design and engineering with much to say about the world of modern technology. He includes facts such as that a single pencil could draw a line 70 miles long, and that Hemingway and Steinbeck wrote novels in pencil.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
Faber, 1990.
Collation:
[448]p.
ISBN:
9780571161829
Dewey class:
674.88
Local class:
674.88
Language:
English
BRN:
418380