The evolution of useful things/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York:
Vintage,
[1994, c1992]
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| Series: | History/Science (Vintage)
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Table of Contents:
- 1. How the fork got its tines
- 2. Form follows failure
- 3. Inventors as critics
- 4. From pins to paper clips
- 5. Little things can mean a lot
- 6. Stick before zip
- 7. Tools make tools
- 8. Patterns of proliferation
- 9. Domestic fashion and industrial design
- 10. The power of precedent
- 11. Closure before opening
- 12. Big bucks from small change
- 13. When good is better than best
- 14. Always room for improvement.