This book tells interesting stories about how the fork, the paper clip, hammers and the zipper (as well as some other inventions) developed gradually over the years from simple primitive tools into highly refined tools for very particular jobs.
It's an interesting, but pretty dry book. The story is not a human story, of a particular inventor struggling to overcome hardship. (Except for the zipper people.) The stories are interesting because you use forks and paper clips and zippers all the time, but I was a little disappointed at how the author didn't bring the topic to life.
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