The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Simon Winchester

416 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology informative slow-paced
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Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an inte...

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