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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
by Simon Winchester
ISBN: 0062652559
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cptaj
· 2023-07-05 ·
Original thread
I liked this one about how the increasing precision in manufacture enabled the adoption of new technologies
https://www.amazon.com/Perfectionists-Precision-Engineers-Cr...
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