The Perfectionists How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Simon Winchester

eAudio - 2018

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.The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors, lenses, and cameras—and eventually gave way to further bre...akthroughs, including gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider.Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in...

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HarperAudio
Language
English
Main Author
Simon Winchester
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
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MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size339 GB
Parts13
ISBN9780062848093
Release Date5/8/2018
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size339 GB
ISBN9780062848093
Release Date5/8/2018