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Witold Rybczyns One Good Turn: a Natural History of the (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- One Good Turn : a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
- Publication Name
- One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
- Title
- One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0684867303
- EAN
- 9780684867304
- ISBN
- 9780684867304
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Genre
- House & Home, Architecture, Literary Criticism, History, Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- General, Technology / Machinery & Tools, Hand Tools
- Release Date
- 11/09/2001
- Release Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 4.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Features
- Reprint
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown byThe New York Times,whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." An award-winning author who once built a house using only hand tools, Rybczynski has intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its contents and its history -- which serves him beautifully on his quest.One Good Turnis 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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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0684867303
ISBN-13
9780684867304
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1805264
Product Key Features
Book Title
One Good Turn : a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
General, Technology / Machinery & Tools, Hand Tools
Publication Year
2001
Genre
House & Home, Architecture, Literary Criticism, History, Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
4.8 Oz
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Reprint
Reviews
Paul Challen The Toronto Star One Good Turn is a good, short read in the classic Rybczynksi mode -- an ordinary thing, explained extraordinarily., M. R. Montgomery The New York Times Book Review What Rybczynski sees is that everything that requires mechanical precision, and that includes the instrumentation of modern science, rises out of the perfection of the simple screw and the complex machinery required to manufacture these indispensable items., M. R. MontgomeryThe New York Times Book ReviewWhat Rybczynski sees is that everything that requires mechanical precision, and that includes the instrumentation of modern science, rises out of the perfection of the simple screw and the complex machinery required to manufacture these indispensable items., Paul ChallenThe Toronto StarOne Good Turnis a good, short read in the classic Rybczynksi mode -- an ordinary thing, explained extraordinarily.
Table of Content
contents Chapter One: The Carpenter's Toolbox Chapter Two: Turnscrews Chapter Three: Lock, Stock, and Barrel Chapter Four: The Biggest Little Invention Chapter Five: Delicate Adjustments Chapter Six: Mechanical Bent Chapter Seven: Father of the Screw GLOSSARY OF TOOLS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES TEXT ILLUSTRATION SOURCES INDEX
Copyright Date
2001
Dewey Decimal
621.9/72
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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