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- 288 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
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How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch? In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that most of us count on but rarely contemplate, including such icons of the everyday as pins, Post-its, and fast-food "clamshell" containers. At the same time, he offers a convincing new theory of technological innovation as a response to the perceived failures of existing products—suggesting that irritation, and not necessity, is the mother of invention.
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The Evolution of Useful Things, Henry Petroski
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 1994
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa blanda),
- Estado del libro
- Bueno
- Precio
- 4,39 €
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- Título
- The Evolution of Useful Things
- Subtítulo
- How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Henry Petroski
- Editorial
- Vintage Books
- Publicado en
- 1994
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0679740392
- ISBN13
- 9780679740391
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Tema histórico, Libros de cocina, Arte culinario & Gastronomía, Guías y Manuales, Ciencia, EE.UU., Tecnología, Diseño, Historia mundial, Ingeniería, Regalos, Evolución, Historia de la Ciencia, Antigüedades, Innovación, Americana
- Descripción
- How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch? In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that most of us count on but rarely contemplate, including such icons of the everyday as pins, Post-its, and fast-food "clamshell" containers. At the same time, he offers a convincing new theory of technological innovation as a response to the perceived failures of existing products—suggesting that irritation, and not necessity, is the mother of invention.