TITLE:
The book of origins : discover the amazing origins of the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the people we know, the languages we speak, and the things we use / Trevor Homer.
By:
Publication Date:
2006-2007
Publication Information:
New York : Plume,
Physical Description:
307 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Everything—from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)—has an origin, but often it’s not what we expect.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780452288324
General Note:
"A Plume Book."
