An edition of One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2000)

One Good Turn

A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

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An edition of One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2000)

One Good Turn

A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 7 Want to read
  • 2 Have read

"One Good Turn is a story starring Archimedes, who invented the water screw and introduced the helix, and Leonardo, who sketched a machine for carving wood screws. It is a story of mechanical discovery and genius that takes readers from Ancient Greece to Victorian Glasgow, from weapons design in the Italian Renaissance to car design in the age of American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope - in short, no enlightenment science.

The screwdriver, perhaps the last hand tool in a world gone cyber, represents nothing less than the triumph of precision."--BOOK JACKET.

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Scribner
Language
English
Pages
176

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Subjects

Screws, Screwdrivers, History, New York Times reviewed, Tools, history, Tools
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Cover of: One Good Turn
One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
August 28, 2001, Scribner
Paperback in English - First Touchstone edition
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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
September 2001, Tandem Library
in English
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One Good Turn
July 2, 2001, Scribner
Paperback - New Ed edition
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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
September 19, 2000, Scribner
Hardcover in English
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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
September 2000, HarperCollins Canada
Hardcover in English
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One good turn: a natural history of the screwdriver and the screw
2000, HarperFlamingo Canada
in English - 1st HarperFlamingo ed.
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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
March 2000, Diane Pub Co
Hardcover in English
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One Good Turn
Publish date unknown, Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Library of Congress
TJ1201.S34R93 2000, TJ1201.S34 R93 2000

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
176
Dimensions
7.8 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
Weight
9.8 ounces

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OL7722742M
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onegoodturnnatur00rybc
ISBN 10
068486729X
ISBN 13
9780684867298
LCCN
00036988
OCLC/WorldCat
44880535
Library Thing
107709
Goodreads
1555850

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OL74224W

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