The Pencil : A History of Design and Circumstance

Aleksandar S Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History Henry Petroski
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
9780679734154
0-679-73415-5

Now in paperback, the fascinating, quirky, highly acclaimed book about that indispensable object, the pencil. Petroski traces its origins back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly.

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about its development, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.