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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780679734154 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.
Review:
"Very engaging and wonderfully informative....No reader of this book will ever be able to pick up a pencil again without marveling." Hilton Kramer, Newsday
Review:
"So engrossing that I read it through in one sitting....An utterly absorbing history." Martin Gardner, Raleigh News and Observer
Review:
"Beguiling...surprising, entertaining, informative. One could scarcely ask a book to be more!" Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
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"Petroski argues his case with wry humor and an amplitude of anecdotage drawn from many centuries and continents....[A] book that will appeal to ordinary readers and yet seems destined as well to become a minor classic in academe." Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic
Review:
"You will never feel the same about the pencil after you read this terrific book." Larry King, USA Today
Review:
"Petroski's delightful, elegant history of the lowly pencil is a mind-sharpener, a revelation....Petroski illuminates the intersection of engineering, history, economics and culture." Publishers Weekly
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"This well-crafted survey is an appropriate purchase for academic and public libraries, since its contents are a straightforward contribution to the story of technology." Library Journal
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"An incredibly rich and complex history of this entirely unremarkable instrument of communication....Many high school students, especially those with an interest in design, will enjoy this book." School Library Journal
Synopsis:
Traces the origins of the pencil back to Ancient Greece and Rome; shows us how it is made; tells the story of the pencil's most famous makers.
About the Author
Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of eleven previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679734154
- Subtitle:
- A History of Design and Circumstance
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- Social aspects
- Subject:
- Sociology, anthropology and archaeology
- Subject:
- Industrial Design - General
- Subject:
- Civil engineering
- Subject:
- Pencils
- Subject:
- Pencils -- History.
- Copyright:
- 1992
- Edition Number:
- 1st pbk.ed.
- Edition Description:
- Pbk
- Series Volume:
- 199
- Publication Date:
- November 1992
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 448
- Dimensions:
- 9.21x5.25x1.15 in. 1.21 lbs.
