The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

Now in paperback, the fascinating, quirky, highly acclaimed book about that indispensable object, the pencil. Petroski traces its origins back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.

Author: Henry Petroski
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 11/10/1992
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 5.25w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9780679734154

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/28/1992

About the Author
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 books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.