Eureka!: The Surprising Stories Behind the Ideas That Shaped the World
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399535896
- ISBN 13
- 9780399535895
- Seller
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Stated First Edition with complete print line. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Small black line drawn over bar code (remainder mark?) Minor surface and edge wear.
Synopsis
The fascinating inspirations behind common inventions and creations- from Barbie to Sweet and Low to Mt. Rushmore. The slinky was born aboard a World War II ship. The Barbie doll was inspired by a German sex toy. Weight Watchers began with a Jewish housewife in Queens, New York. Eureka! explores the fascinating stories behind these famous creations and many others-from blue jeans to the Taj Mahal to Mickey Mouse-detailing the relationships between inspirations and their inventors. Readers will delight in the intriguing-and sometimes surprising-origins behind the ideas that have shaped the world.
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- Bookseller
- BooksGalore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0312-AVS-OO-BX301-1.29
- Title
- Eureka!
- Author
- Marlene Wagman-Geller
- Format/Binding
- Glued binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0399535896
- ISBN 13
- 9780399535895
- Publisher
- Perigee Books
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 259
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- First Edition
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