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A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of the American wooden toothpick industry, ensured toothpicks appeared in every restaurant, the toothpick has been an omnipresent, yet often overlooked part of our daily lives. Here, with an engineer's eye for detail and a poet's flair for language, Henry Petroski takes us on an incredible tour of this most interesting invention. Along the way, he peers inside today's surprisingly secretive toothpick-manufacturing industry, and explores a treasure trove of the toothpick's unintended uses and perils, from sandwiches to martinis and beyond.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Título The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
- Autor Henry Petroski
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 443
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Knopf Publishing Group, New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación October 16, 2007
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780307266361 / 0307266362
- Peso 1.53 libras (0.69 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.5 x 5.92 x 1.42 pulgadas (24.13 x 15.04 x 3.61 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Toothpicks
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2007005712
- Dewey Decimal Code 674.88
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New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, 2007. Hardcover First Edition [2007]; so stated. First Edition [2007]; so stated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows a mild crimping to the heel of the backstrip and the mildest bump to the upper rear corner tip; tiny, very faint smudge to the lower fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Very close to "As New". The DJ is flawless; the price is unclipped. Like New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 5.85 x 1.35 inches). xii, 443 pages. Language: English. Weight: 25.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ.
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