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Discover the Amazing Stories Behind Hundreds of Ordinary objects, events, and inventions
and learn how the simplest ideas can unleash tumultuous worldwide change... in National Geographic's An Uncommon History of Common Things.
Fascinating insights - presented in lively text, colorful illustrations, handy timelines, and did-you-know sidebars - reveal teh curious origins and far-reaching implications of things we take for granted every day. Who invented underwear? The sandwich? Sneakers? What ancient society came up with time-release deodorant, glitter eye shadow, and pregnany tests? Where did we get the custom of handsaking - and why did George Washington disdain it? When did in-line skates come crashing (literally) onto the scene? Which tool was the first one added to the Swiss Army knife - and what parcticular need did it fill?
Guaranted to put a smile on your face and a thousand remarkable facts in your repertoire of world knowledge, this book celebrates the human urge to strive, to create, to innovate, to discover... and the marvelous feats of "everyday engiennering" that bring order and joy to our lives.
Fascinating insights - presented in lively text, colorful illustrations, handy timelines, and did-you-know sidebars - reveal teh curious origins and far-reaching implications of things we take for granted every day. Who invented underwear? The sandwich? Sneakers? What ancient society came up with time-release deodorant, glitter eye shadow, and pregnany tests? Where did we get the custom of handsaking - and why did George Washington disdain it? When did in-line skates come crashing (literally) onto the scene? Which tool was the first one added to the Swiss Army knife - and what parcticular need did it fill?
Guaranted to put a smile on your face and a thousand remarkable facts in your repertoire of world knowledge, this book celebrates the human urge to strive, to create, to innovate, to discover... and the marvelous feats of "everyday engiennering" that bring order and joy to our lives.
