{"product_id":"the-pencil-a-history-of-design-and-circumstance-9780679734154","title":"The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance","description":"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 about its development, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Petroski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 5.25w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679734154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of more than a dozen books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Henry Petroski \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566706770077,"sku":"9780679734154","price":47.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6bf6fac9-9f40-4a48-924a-e8e716bb933d.jpg?v=1768315363","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-pencil-a-history-of-design-and-circumstance-9780679734154","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}