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The Incredible Ball Point Pen Temporarily Out of Stock [/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]289 color photos[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]In Praise ofThe Incredible Ball Point Pen tells the story of the ball point pen's painful development, its cacophonous launching, the public hysteria accompanying its debut, and its outrageous and scandalous promotion. It recounts the fabulous riches which followed, the public's rapid and total disillusionment with the product, the collapse of the market, scientific breakthroughs in the 1950s, the industry's resurrection, myriad improvements occurring from 1950