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Author Angel, Solly.

Title The tale of the scale : an odyssey of invention / Solly Angel
Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1 Isn't There a Better Way?; 2 What Is Wrong with the Machine?; 3 Go West, Young Man!; 4 The Enchanting Résumé; 5 Specify! Specify!; 6 The Secret of the Lightweight Panel; 7 A Single Organizing Principle; 8 The Rush to Patent; 9 Arriving at the Square; 10 It's Beautiful, Now Make It Accurate; 11 Beginner's Luck; 12 Price Is the Object!; 13 The License to Fail; 14 Embracing the Critic; 15 In Pursuit of a Business Deal; 16 License It!; 17 The Mismanagement of Product Development; 18 A Scale Approved for Trade; 19 The Effortlessness of Informed Design
20 The Company Motto Is "Light and Thin"21 The Happy End Version of the Tale; 22 Either Things Go According to Plan or There Is a Story; Notes; Acknowledgments; Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary This is a first-person account of the process of invention and design as it unfolds in the re-making of the familiar bathroom scale. Angel, an urban planner by profession, had no mechanical skills as he embarked on his journey. His book reveals his journey from ignoramus to inventor
Analysis Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Angel, Solly.
SUBJECT Angel, Solly fast
Subject Scales (Weighing instruments)
Inventions.
Industrial design.
Balances (Weighing instruments)
Design.
balances (scales)
scales (weighing devices)
industrial design.
design (discipline)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Sensors.
Design
Balances (Weighing instruments)
Industrial design
Inventions
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Form Electronic book
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