{"product_id":"9781440663079","title":"What's in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and personal literary journey, in which Philip Dodd tells the curious tales of people whose names?deliberately or by chance?became household words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e · Roy Jacuzzi, alive and well and still bubbling with ideas in Happy Valley, California\u003cbr\u003e ·  Joseph P. Frisbie, the baker whose pie tins inspired Wham-O?s ubiquitous flying disc\u003cbr\u003e ·  Ernst Gräfenberg, for whom the G-spot was named ? Samuel Maverick, the Texas pioneer who refused to brand his calves\u003cbr\u003e ·  And many other colorful figures\u003cbr\u003e From Belgium to Buenos Aires, from Orlando to Los Angeles, Dodd's readers go along for the ride. \u003ci\u003eWhat's In a Name?\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous tribute to people who changed our language?whether through hard work, creativity, or the luck of the draw.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140023107824,"sku":"9781440663079","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440663079_p0.jpg?v=1763791532","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440663079","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}