The pencil : a history of design and circumstance

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Henry Petroski ripercorre le origini della matita nell’antica Grecia e Roma, scrive in modo fattuale e affascinante sul suo sviluppo nel corso dei secoli e in tutto il mondo, e mostra ciò che la matita può insegnarci oggi sull’ingegneria e la tecnologia.

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