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What's in a Name? : From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People
por Dodd, Philip
- Usado
- Condição
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 1592404324
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404322
- Livreiro
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
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Sobre este item
Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Sinopse
A brilliant and personal literary journey, in which Philip Dodd tells the curious tales of people whose names?deliberately or by chance?became household words What?s in a name? For Philip Dodd, this question led to an international tour, sleuthing the history of some of our most intriguing eponyms. The result is a collection of surprising, stranger-than-fiction stories from history, the arts, the halls of science, and sometimes simply the realm of serendipity. This armchair traveler?s delight contains little-known tales of such immortal figures as: · Roy Jacuzzi, alive and well and still bubbling with ideas in Happy Valley, California · Joseph P. Frisbie, the baker whose pie tins inspired Wham-O?s ubiquitous flying disc · Ernst Gräfenberg, for whom the G-spot was named ? Samuel Maverick, the Texas pioneer who refused to brand his calves · And many other colorful figures From Belgium to Buenos Aires, from Orlando to Los Angeles, Dodd?s readers go along for the ride. What?s In a Name? is a marvelous tribute to people who changed our language?whether through hard work, creativity, or the luck of the draw.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Better World Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 45879936-6
- Título
- What's in a Name? : From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People
- Autor
- Dodd, Philip
- Estado do livro
- Used - Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Brochura
- ISBN 10
- 1592404324
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404322
- Editorial
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Esta edição foi publicada pela primeira vez
- 2008-12
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Mishawaka, Indiana
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