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One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold...
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- ISBN
- 9780684867304
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
- Item Height
- 190mm
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Width
- 127mm
- Subject
- Evolution, History
- Item Weight
- 140g
- Number of Pages
- 173 Pages
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The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying the best tool of the millennium. The award-winning author of Home, A Clearing in the Distance, and Now I Sit Me Down, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its contents and its history -- serves him beautifully on his quest. One Good Turn is a story starring Archimedes, who invented the water screw and introduced the helix, and Leonardo, who sketched a machine for carving wood screws. It is a story of mechanical discovery and genius that takes readers from ancient Greece to car design in the age of American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope -- in short, no enlightenment science. One of our finest cultural and architectural historians, Rybczynski renders a graceful, original, and engaging portrait of the tool that changed the course of civilization.
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Simon & Schuster
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9780684867304
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Publication Name
One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Evolution, History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
173 Pages
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Item Height
190mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
140g
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