Panati, Charles      <br/><br/>
Panati's browser's book of beginnings 
 Origins of almost everything under, and including, the sun 
Charles Panati 
 - Boston   Houghton Mifflin  1984 
 - 427 p. 
<br/><br/> Contents:<br/>Creation : stars to shining sea<br/>Sea life : sponges to sharks<br/>Land life : millipedes to monkeys<br/>Human life : primates to pundits<br/>Language : Sanskrit to surnames<br/>Writing : scribble to shorthand<br/>Beverages : tea to Tab<br/>Fruits : apples to oranges<br/>Cereals : corn to croissants<br/>Spices : sugar to salt<br/>Books : dictionary to Dickens<br/>Printing : Pulitzer to Popeye<br/>Civilization & education : Sumerians to Jesuits<br/>Governments & organizations : crowns to corporations<br/>Religion : Bible to Buddhism<br/>Man's best friends : Afghan to Abyssinian<br/>More friends : bunnies to broncos<br/>Communications : smoke signals to stereo<br/>Music : Renaissance to rock<br/>Instruments : oboe to bagpipes<br/>Theater : comedy to Kabuki<br/>Art : painting to porcelain<br/>Medicine : hospitals to hypnosis<br/>Land : wheels to automobiles<br/>Sea : sailboats to submarines<br/>Air : balloons to bombers<br/>Technology : flushing toilets to pneumatic tires<br/>Science : metrics to microscopes<br/>Sports and games : baseball to bullfighting 
<br/><br/> Describes the origins of more than 1000 objects, ideas, movements, and concepts, including checkers, the computer, ragtime, Islam, ice cream, the abacus, Yiddish, and many other familiar and not-so-familiar things  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395562384 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Encyclopedias and dictionaries
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>031 Pan   6