One Good Turn
A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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Word Count
44,000 words, Guess
Page Count
176 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7722742M
- ISBN-139780684867298
- ISBN-10068486729X
- OCLC Control Number44880535
- OCLC Control Numberonegoodturnnatur00rybc
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- Library of Congress Control Number00036988
- Goodreads1555850
- LibraryThing107709
Classifications
- LCCTJ1201.S34R93 2000
Description
"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 Victorian Glasgow, from weapons design in the Italian Renaissance 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. The screwdriver, perhaps the last hand tool in a world gone cyber, represents nothing less than the triumph of precision."--BOOK JACKET.
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- One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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