The Perfectionists
Subtitle: How precision engineers created the modern world
By: Simon Winchester
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780062652553
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Machine design; Engineering; Metrology; History
Other titles: How precision engineers created the modern world
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: Stars, seconds, cylinders, and steam; title: Extremely flat and incredibly close; title: A gun in every home, a clock in every cabin; title: On the verge of a more perfect world; title: The irresistible lure of the highway; title: Precision and peril, six miles high; title: Through a looking glass, distinctly; title: Where am I, and what is the time?; title: Squeezing beyond boundaries; title: On the necessity for equipoise; title: the measure of all things.