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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. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Scenic Regional.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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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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