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The Perfectionist: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

bySimon Winchester

In The Perfectionist, Simon Winchester presents a historical account centered on how Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the wider field of technology & engineering. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Together, these elements make The Perfectionist an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Publication date

May 07, 2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9780062652560