Andrew Sholl Ordine dei libri

A fascinating guide revealing the history behind eponyms - the people after whom a discovery, invention, place etc. is named or thought to be named - from Hoover to Sandwich and Wellington Boots to the Biro.

This compendium contains the most familiar and the more unusual eponyms as well as the stories that surround them, from the hoover and sandwich to the yale and balaclava.