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The perfectionists : how precision engineers created the modern world / Simon Winchester.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0062652559
- ISBN: 9780062652553
- Physical Description: 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Stars, seconds, cylinders, and steam -- Extremely flat and incredibly close -- A gun in every home, a clock in every cabin -- On the verge of a more perfect world -- The irresistible lure of the highway -- Precision and peril, six miles high -- Through a looking glass, distinctly -- Where am I, and what is the time? -- Squeezing beyond boundaries -- On the necessity for equipoise -- The measure of all things. |
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| Subject: | Engineering > History. Technological innovations > History. Machine design > History. Metrology. |
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- 13 of 13 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Scenic Regional.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Scenic Regional-Pacific | 909.81 WIN (Text) | 3005803066 | NonFiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-St. Clair | 909.81 WIN (Text) | 3006256535 | NonFiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
The Perfectionists : How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | p. xi | |
| Prologue | p. 1 | |
| Chapter 1 | Stars, Seconds, Cylinders, and Steam | p. 23 |
| Chapter 1 | Extremely Flat and Incredibly Close | p. 53 |
| Chapter 3 | A Gun In Every Home, a Clock in Every Cabin | p. 81 |
| Chapter 4 | On The Verge of a More Perfect World | p. 107 |
| Chapter 5 | The Irresistible Lure Of The Highway | p. 129 |
| Chapter 6 | Precision and Peril, Six Miles High | p. 173 |
| Chapter 7 | Through a Glass, Distinctly | p. 215 |
| Chapter 8 | Where Am I, and What is the Time? | p. 255 |
| Chapter 9 | Squeezing Beyond Boundaries | p. 275 |
| Chapter 10 | On The Necessity for Equipoise | p. 307 |
| Afterword: The Measure of all Things | p. 331 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 357 | |
| A Glossary of Possibly Unfamiliar Terms | p. 361 | |
| Bibliography | p. 369 | |
| Index | p. 375 |
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