It's history and function. And the book on it. Weren't books always shelved the way they are now? Spine out, on a horizontal shelf next to others placed vertically? Well, no. Petroski takes the reader on a an adventure through the reading history of the West, explaining the birth of Reviews: · The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, , · The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, ,
The Book on the Bookshelf Dec 1, by Henry Petroski With the same relentless curiosity and lucid, witty prose he brought to his earlier books, Henry Petroski looks at some of our most familiar objects and reveals that they are, in fact, works in progress. For there can never be an end to the quest for the perfect design. Placing books vertically on shelves, spines facing outward, is a fairly recent invention, it would seem. Well written as it is, if Book on the Bookshelf were only about books-as-furniture, it would have little appeal to the general reader. Petroski, however, uses this treatise on design to examine the very human motivations that lie behind it. The Book on the Bookshelf. by Henry Petroski. Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. 1 Star - I hated it 2 Stars - I didn't like it 3 Stars - It was OK 4 Stars - I liked it 5 Stars - I loved it.
Placing books vertically on shelves, spines facing outward, is a fairly recent invention, it would seem. Well written as it is, if Book on the Bookshelf were only about books-as-furniture, it would have little appeal to the general reader. Petroski, however, uses this treatise on design to examine the very human motivations that lie behind it. The Book on the Bookshelf [Petroski, Henry, Well-illustrated] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Book on the Bookshelf. A book on the bookshelf is something to be taken down and read; the bookshelf under the book.
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