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Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
Small Things Considered Why There Is No Perfect Design
Author: Henry Petroski
Why has the durable paper shopping bag been largely replaced by its flimsy plastic counterpart? What circuitous chain of improvements led to such innovations as the automobile cup holder and the swiveling vegetable peeler? With the same relentless curiosity and lucid, witty prose he brought to his earlier books, Henry Petroski looks at some of o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781400032938
ISBN-10: 1400032938
Publication Date: 9/14/2004
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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