Brilliantly Bad - Inventions So Terrible They're Good

Informationen zum Autor Mark Tanner grew up in Liverpool, where his father was constantly making things. Some of the things he made, such as a coffee pot stand fashioned from an old coat-hanger, Mark still has. Others, such as the bird feeding table designed to sit on top of their rotary washing line, he doesn’t. Brought up in such an environment, Mark developed an appreciation and affection for a particular type of inventor’s mindset from a young age. Mark now lives quietly in Lancaster with his partner and daughter. Klappentext A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve - even if it probably shouldn't. Vorwort A collection of the funniest, weirdest and worst inventions ever patented Zusammenfassung A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve – even if it probably shouldn’t.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mark Tanner, Tanner Mark
• Edition: Harper Collins Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.09.2022
• EAN: 9780008558659
• ISBN: 978-0-00-855865-9
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 222 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Bandes dessinées, dessin humoristique, humour, satire; Livres de conseils > Hobby, bricolage > Collections, catalogues de collections; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Général, dictionnaires; Product Design, popular science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, DESIGN / Product, HUMOR / Form / Pictorial, REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders, REFERENCE / Consumer Guides, hobbies, Business innovation, Reference works, Humour collections & anthologies, DIY: general, Inventions & inventors, Parodies & Spoofs, Model-making and construction, Patents law, Parodies & spoofs: non-fiction, Miscellanies & compendia