- Machine design, Engineering, Metrology, History
"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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Classical in form, earnest, plot-driven and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 395
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, HarperAudio, Harper
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062652577
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Author and journalist <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Winchester>Simon Winchester</a> was born in England but favours the United States.
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