Henry 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 previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.
"A celebration of inventiveness...By cataloging the clutter of our
desks, closets, and workbenches, and giving them a human history,
Petroski makes us feel more at home in our homes."- Newsweek
"Petroski is a valuable resource—an engineer who examines the
simplest, most ubiquitous tools in our live with an appraising
eye."- Washington Post Book World
"Mr. Petroski's case histories delightfully illustrate his
thesis... You never know when you will turn a page and find some
tiny corner of your mind enlightened."- The New York Times
"Petroski has an eye for the mundane that distracts and delights...
[His] wealth of literary and cultural references runs from
Aristotle... to Russell Baker... The book has substance."- Newsday
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