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Title
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
ISBN
0571161820
EAN
9780571161829
Type
Hardback
Binding
Hardback
Date of Publication
19901105
Publication Name
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Release Title
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
Artist
Petroski, Henry
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Publication Year
1990
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
The Pencil: a History of Design and Circumstance
Item Height
234mm
Author
Henry Petroski
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Item Width
153mm
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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Henry Petroski looks at the pencil and cites it as a prime example of elegant design and engineering with much to say about the world of modern technology. He includes facts such as that a single pencil could draw a line 70 miles long, and that Hemingway and Steinbeck wrote novels in pencil.

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571161829
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Product Key Features

Book Title
The Pencil: a History of Design and Circumstance
Author
Henry Petroski
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm

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Henry Petroski
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United Kingdom

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