The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1994 M02 1 - 304 páginas 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? |
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How the Fork Got Its Tines | 3 |
Form Follows Failure | 22 |
Inventors as Critics | 34 |
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