Henry Petroski's witty and unexpected history of the pencil includes a wide range of characters: from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, and Toulouse-Lautrec, who declared, 'I am a pencil', to the great nineteenth-century manufacturing families, such as Dixon and Faber. Petroski charmingly celebrates the design history of one of mankind's most essential, and yet undervalued, tools.
'One of those great books that starts a genre. A witty liaison between folk history and deconstruction, it manages to be both wide-angle lens and microscope. Enthralling.' Stephen Bayley
| ISBN: | 9780571217632 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2003 |
| Author: | Henry Petroski |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 434 pages |
| Genres: |
History: specific events and topics History of engineering and technology Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts |
Henry Petroski's witty and unexpected history of the pencil includes a wide range of characters: from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, and Toulouse-Lautrec, who declared, 'I am a pencil', to the great nineteenth-century manufacturing families, such as Dixon and Faber. Petroski charmingly celebrates the design history of one of mankind's most essential, and yet undervalued, tools.
'One of those great books that starts a genre. A witty liaison between folk history and deconstruction, it manages to be both wide-angle lens and microscope. Enthralling.' Stephen Bayley
The Pencil features in the following genres: History: specific events and topics, History of engineering and technology, Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts
The Pencil is available in Paperback
The Pencil was written by Henry Petroski and published by Faber & Faber
The Pencil has 434 pages