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Really Useful: The Origins of Everyday Things
Really Useful The Origins of Everyday Things
Author: Joel Levy
You undoubtedly know what a paperclip is and how to use it, but did you know that during the Second World War the people of Norway adopted paperclips as a symbol of protest against the occupying Nazis? Really Useful tells these and other stories of how the things we use every day came into being. As much a sociological history as a compendium o...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781552976227
ISBN-10: 155297622X
Publication Date: 11/2002
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Fantastic book on how everyday things were invented. This would be a great book for school age children! I really enjoyed learning about the origins of all these things!


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