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Toilets, Toasters and Telephones The How and Why of Everyday Objects

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ISBN-10: 0152014217

ISBN-13: 9780152014216

Edition: 1998

Authors: Susan Goldman Rubin, Elsa Warnick

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and dreamed of becoming an artist. She illustrated her first three picture books but then turned to writing nonfiction, mainly about art and history, and is the author of more than 55 books for young people. Her titles include Diego Rivera: An Artist For The People, They Call Me A Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, Music Was It! Young Leonard Bernstein, Everyone Paints! The Art and Lives of the Wyeth Family, and Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Most recently Susan has created board books based on fine art for very young children. Her titles include Counting with Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol's Colors, and Matisse: Dance For…    

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