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A brief history of stuff : the extraordinary stories of ordinary objects / foreword by Nihal Arthanayake

Material type: TextTextPublication details: United States : DK Publishing, c2024Description: 231 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780744081602
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • T 15 .B75 2024
Contents:
Foreword -- Electric Txi -- Condoms -- Baby's Bottle -- Cosmetics -- Hair Tongs -- Matches -- Period Products -- Roller skates -- Nylon stockings -- Wheelchair -- Flushing toilet -- Selfies -- Thimbles -- Mobile phone -- Office chair -- Personal computer -- Invisible hearing aid -- Microwave oven -- Tinned food -- Lightbulb -- Plasters -- Rover safety bicycle -- Teasmade -- TV sets -- Rulers -- The contraceptive pill -- Fridge magnets -- Toothbrushes -- Kola nut -- GPS -- Play school toys -- Ballpoint pens -- AXBT microphone -- Toy theatres -- Locks -- Scissors -- Pregnancy tests -- First aid kits -- Teacup -- iPod -- Sticky tape -- Swiss army knife -- QWERTY keyboard -- Bath toys -- Kenwood A700 -- Peruvian rubber ball -- The internet -- Plastic -- Movies -- Hot water bottles -- Index.
Summary: "Learn how 30,000 bath toys and the work of amateur beachcombers have helped scientists study ocean currents. Explore how the search for a death ray led to the creation of the microwave oven and ready meals. Discover the surprising link between sticky tape and the Nobel Prize."
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Includes index.

Foreword -- Electric Txi -- Condoms -- Baby's Bottle -- Cosmetics -- Hair Tongs -- Matches -- Period Products -- Roller skates -- Nylon stockings -- Wheelchair -- Flushing toilet -- Selfies -- Thimbles -- Mobile phone -- Office chair -- Personal computer -- Invisible hearing aid -- Microwave oven -- Tinned food -- Lightbulb -- Plasters -- Rover safety bicycle -- Teasmade -- TV sets -- Rulers -- The contraceptive pill -- Fridge magnets -- Toothbrushes -- Kola nut -- GPS -- Play school toys -- Ballpoint pens -- AXBT microphone -- Toy theatres -- Locks -- Scissors -- Pregnancy tests -- First aid kits -- Teacup -- iPod -- Sticky tape -- Swiss army knife -- QWERTY keyboard -- Bath toys -- Kenwood A700 -- Peruvian rubber ball -- The internet -- Plastic -- Movies -- Hot water bottles -- Index.

"Learn how 30,000 bath toys and the work of amateur beachcombers have helped scientists study ocean currents. Explore how the search for a death ray led to the creation of the microwave oven and ready meals. Discover the surprising link between sticky tape and the Nobel Prize."

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