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What's in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People - Softcover
A brilliant and personal literary journey, in which Philip Dodd tells the curious tales of people whose names--deliberately or by chance--became household words
What's in a name? For Philip Dodd, this question led to an international tour, sleuthing the history of some of our most intriguing eponyms. The result is a collection of surprising, stranger-than-fiction stories from history, the arts, the halls of science, and sometimes simply the realm of serendipity. This armchair traveler's delight contains little-known tales of such immortal figures as:
· Roy Jacuzzi, alive and well and still bubbling with ideas in Happy Valley, California
· Joseph P. Frisbie, the baker whose pie tins inspired Wham-O's ubiquitous flying disc
· Ernst Gräfenberg, for whom the G-spot was named
· Samuel Maverick, the Texas pioneer who refused to brand his calves
· And many other colorful figures
From Belgium to Buenos Aires, from Orlando to Los Angeles, Dodd's readers go along for the ride. What's in a Name? is a marvelous tribute to people who changed our language--whether through hard work, creativity, or the luck of the draw.
What's in a name? For Philip Dodd, this question led to an international tour, sleuthing the history of some of our most intriguing eponyms. The result is a collection of surprising, stranger-than-fiction stories from history, the arts, the halls of science, and sometimes simply the realm of serendipity. This armchair traveler's delight contains little-known tales of such immortal figures as:
· Roy Jacuzzi, alive and well and still bubbling with ideas in Happy Valley, California
· Joseph P. Frisbie, the baker whose pie tins inspired Wham-O's ubiquitous flying disc
· Ernst Gräfenberg, for whom the G-spot was named
· Samuel Maverick, the Texas pioneer who refused to brand his calves
· And many other colorful figures
From Belgium to Buenos Aires, from Orlando to Los Angeles, Dodd's readers go along for the ride. What's in a Name? is a marvelous tribute to people who changed our language--whether through hard work, creativity, or the luck of the draw.
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Philip Dodd is a graduate of Jesus College, Oxford, and has worked for several UK publishers, including Longman and Virgin Books. He is also a travel writer and rock biographer.
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- PublisherAvery
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1592404324
- ISBN 13 9781592404322
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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