The Pencil : a History

Informationen zum Autor Henry Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History at Duke University. His many books include The Pencil ! The Essential Engineer! Invention by Design ! and To Engineer is Human ! as well as writing and presenting the acclaimed BBC series of the same name. Klappentext Henry Petroski's witty and unexpected history of the pencil includes a wide range of characters: from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau! and Toulouse-Lautrec! who declared! 'I am a pencil'! to the great nineteenth-century manufacturing families! such as Dixon and Faber. The Pencil is celebrated engineer Henry Petroski's witty and insightful history of one of mankind's most important pieces of technology. Zusammenfassung Henry Petroski's witty and unexpected history of the pencil includes a wide range of characters: from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, and Toulouse-Lautrec, who declared, 'I am a pencil', to the great nineteenth-century manufacturing families, such as Dixon and Faber.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Petroski, Professor Henry Petroski
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2003
• EAN: 9780571217632
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21763-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 232 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; History: specific events & topics, Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing, HISTORY / Reference, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology