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An edition of The perfectionists (2018)

The perfectionists

how precision engineers created the modern world

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"The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement--precision--in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future." -- Amazon.

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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Pages
395

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Subjects
Machine design, Engineering, Metrology, History, nyt:science=2018-06-10, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Engineering, history, Bramah, joseph, 1749-1814, Technological innovations, HISTORY, Civilization, Modern, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

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Table of Contents

Stars, seconds, cylinders, and steam
Extremely flat and incredibly close
A gun in every home, a clock in every cabin
On the verge of a more perfect world
The irresistible lure of the highway
Precision and peril, six miles high
Through a looking glass, distinctly
Where am I, and what is the time?
Squeezing beyond boundaries
On the necessity for equipoise
the measure of all things.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-374) and index.

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How precision engineers created the modern world
Copyright Date
2018

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Dewey Decimal Class
620/.009
Library of Congress
TA19.W765 2018, TA19 .W56 2018

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xii, 395 pages
Number of pages
395

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OL26952404M
ISBN 10
0062652559
ISBN 13
9780062652553
OCLC/WorldCat
1026246387

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