The Book of Origins: The First of Everything - From Art to Zoos
by Trevor Homer
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used; Good
- ISBN 10
- 0749951109
- ISBN 13
- 9780749951108
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Synopsis
Read Trevor Homer's posts on the Penguin Blog. Everything—from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)—has an origin, but often it’s not what we expect. A few things you may not have known: • Gandhi was married at age thirteen! • Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China until the 1990s when they were advertised as “Genuine American Fortune Cookies.” • Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin (which they had held since 1897) as part of the reparations Germany was forced to pay after World War I. • The original idea for the electric chair came from an American dentist. For aspiring mindblowers and wanna-be know-it-alls, The Book of Origins is a treasure trove of trivia and fascinating facts guaranteed to entertain and enlighten.
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- Bookseller
- Brit Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0001624846
- Title
- The Book of Origins: The First of Everything - From Art to Zoos
- Author
- Trevor Homer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0749951109
- ISBN 13
- 9780749951108
- Publisher
- Portrait
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- October 5, 2006
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