Evolution of Useful Things

Zusatztext "A celebration of inventiveness...By cataloging the clutter of our desks! closets! and workbenches! and giving them a human history! Petroski makes us feel more at home in our homes."- Newsweek "Petroski is a valuable resourcean engineer who examines the simplest! most ubiquitous tools in our live with an appraising eye."- Washington Post Book World "Mr. Petroski's case histories delightfully illustrate his thesis... You never know when you will turn a page and find some tiny corner of your mind enlightened."- The New York Times "Petroski has an eye for the mundane that distracts and delights... [His] wealth of literary and cultural references runs from Aristotle... to Russell Baker... The book has substance."- Newsday Informationen zum Autor Henry Petroski Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 productssuggesting that irritation! and not necessity! is the mother of invention. ...

Autorentext
Henry Petroski

Klappentext
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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