One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the ScrewSimon and Schuster, 11 de set. 2001 - 176 pàgines 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. |
Continguts
The Carpenters Toolbox | 13 |
Turnscrews | 29 |
Lock Stock and Barrel | 45 |
The Biggest Little Invention | 69 |
Delicate Adjustments | 87 |
Father of the Screw | 127 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 153 |
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Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw Witold Rybczynski Previsualització limitada - 2013 |
One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw Witold Rybczynski Visualització de fragments - 2000 |
One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw Witold Rybczynski Visualització de fragments - 2001 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Referències a aquest llibre
Handbook of New Product Development Management Christoph Loch,Stylianos Kavadias Previsualització no disponible - 2008 |
Design Chronicles: Significant Mass-produced Designs of the 20th Century Carroll Gantz Visualització de fragments - 2005 |