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Toilets, Toasters and Telephones : The How and Why of Everyday Objects
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Toilets, Toasters and Telephones : The How and Why of Everyday Objects Hardcover - 1998

by Rubin, Susan Goldman

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Toilets, Toasters and Telephones : The How and Why of Everyday Objects
  • Author Rubin, Susan Goldman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 1998-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP98058650
  • ISBN 9780152014216 / 0152014217
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.33 x 7.21 x 0.67 in (23.70 x 18.31 x 1.70 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Library of Congress subjects Household appliances, Inventions
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97028650
  • Dewey Decimal Code 683.8

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Summary

Who invented the toilet? How did the telephone get its shape? Can a refrigerator or a toaster be art? And what does a chocolate bar melting in the lab coat of a scientist have to do with the invention of the microwave? In this fascinating history of everyday objects, Susan Goldman Rubin helps us appreciate anew the things we see all around us. She also introduces the inspired geniuses who are responsible for the way these universal objects look. Filled with entertaining anecdotes and remarkable facts in a user-friendly format, this informative book includes thirteen black-and-white paintings, thirty vintage photographs, and an extensive bibliography and index. Readers will never again look at a bathtub in quite the same way.