Snap! The Complete History of the Mousetrap is an indispensable guide to one of the most endearing of mankind's quixotic quests to achieve ultimate perfection in one form or another. Along with other big ideas such as The Wheel, The Catapult and The Aeroplane, The Mouse Trap is also fundamental to the development of civilisation. In this lavishly illustrated book, the author explains the technological breakthroughs of the Stone Age, the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, all of which led to the modern heroic age in which the likes of John Morris, William Hooker, Brick Ness and Carl Bender came up with the likes of Morris' Delusion, The Tin Cat, The Capito and The Little Nipper. The fact that Mus Musculus, the house mouse, and its cousins still form 40 per cent of our species is testimony enough that any prospective designer of a future mousetrap has a formidable task ahead.
- ISBN10 1593730217
- ISBN13 9781593730215
- Publish Date 1 October 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 October 2005
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bunker Hill Publishing Inc
- Edition Illustrated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English