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Book cover Siła precyzji

Siła precyzji

Jak inżynierowie konstruowali współczesny świat

Translation: Grzegorz Ciecieląg

Series: #nauka

Pages: 368 Book format: 15,5x23 cm Publication date: 2024 Publication date: 30.09.2024 E-book publication date: 16.10.2024

Book description

The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors, lenses, and cameras—and eventually gave way to further breakthroughs, including gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider.

Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production: John Wilkinson, Henry Maudslay, Joseph Bramah, Jesse Ramsden, and Joseph Whitworth. It was Thomas Jefferson who later exported their discoveries to the fledgling United States, setting the nation on its course to become a manufacturing titan. Winchester moves forward through time, to today’s cutting-edge developments occurring around the world, from America to Western Europe to Asia.

About Author

Simon Winchester is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to over 30 nonfiction books, has written one novel, and has contributed to several magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.  In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.

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How did precision create the modern world?

Language Polish
Original title The Perfectionists. How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Original language English
Edition first
Translation Grzegorz Ciecieląg
Cover design Sebastian Wojnowski
ISBN: 978-83-233-5337-9
e-ISBN (mobi,epub): 978-83-233-7523-4
Country of producer: Poland

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