{"product_id":"it-looked-good-on-paper-bizarre-inventions-design-disasters-and-engineering-follies-9780061358432","title":"It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disasters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone. How else can you explain the Ford Edsel or the sword pistol--absolutely absurd creations that should have never made it off the drawing board? \u003cem\u003eIt Looked Good on Paper\u003c\/em\u003e gathers together the most flawed plans, half-baked ideas, and downright ridiculous machines throughout history that some second-rate Einstein decided to foist on an unsuspecting populace with the best and most optimistic intentions. Some failed spectacularly. Others fizzled after great expense. One even crashed on Mars. But every one of them at one time must have looked good on paper, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lead water pipes of Rome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tacoma Narrows Bridge--built to collapse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hubble telescope--the $2 billion scientific marvel that couldn't see\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Spruce Goose--Howard Hughes's airborne atrocity: big, expensive, slow, unstable, and made of wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than thirty-five chapters full of incredibly insipid inventions, both infamous and obscure, \u003cem\u003eIt Looked Good on Paper\u003c\/em\u003e is a mind-boggling, endlessly entertaining collection of fascinating failures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10413322\"\u003eBill Fawcett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061358432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061358436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TEC\"\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TEC056000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TEC\"\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TEC057000\"\u003eInventions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TEC\"\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TEC009000\"\u003eEngineering (General)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42663155761389,"sku":"9780061358432","price":14.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b8258111-357e-4761-aacc-3fd547230458.jpg?v=1649392529","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/it-looked-good-on-paper-bizarre-inventions-design-disasters-and-engineering-follies-9780061358432","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}