The perfectionists: how precision engineers created the modern world
"The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement--precision--in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future."--Amazon.com
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
LIST
OF
ILLUSTRATIONS
........................................
XI
PROLOGUE
...............................................
1
CHAPTER
1: STARS,
SECONDS,
CYLINDERS, AND
STEAM
.............
23
CHAPTER
2: EXTREMELY
FLAT
AND INCREDIBLY
CLOSE
.............
53
CHAPTER 3:
A GUN IN EVERY
HOME, A
CLOCK IN EVERY
CABIN........
81
CHAPTER 4:
ON THE VERGE
OF A MORE
PERFECT WORLD
.............
107
CHAPTER
5:
THE
IRRESISTIBLE
LURE
OF THE HIGHWAY
.............
129
CHAPTER
6:
PRECISION
AND
PERIL,
SIX MILES HIGH
...............
173
CHAPTER
7: THROUGH
A GLASS, DISTINCTLY
.....................
215
CHAPTER
8: WHERE AM
I, AND WHAT
IS THE TIME?
...............
255
CHAPTER
9: SQUEEZING
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
...................
275
CHAPTER 10: ON THE
NECESSITY
FOR EQUIPOISE
..................
307
AFTERWORD:
THE MEASURE
OF ALL
THINGS
.....................
331
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
........................................
357
A GLOSSARY
OF
POSSIBLY UNFAMILIAR
TERMS
......................
361
BIBLIOGRAPHY
...........................................
369
INDEX
..................................................
375
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| adam_txt |
CONTENTS
LIST
OF
ILLUSTRATIONS
.
XI
PROLOGUE
.
1
CHAPTER
1: STARS,
SECONDS,
CYLINDERS, AND
STEAM
.
23
CHAPTER
2: EXTREMELY
FLAT
AND INCREDIBLY
CLOSE
.
53
CHAPTER 3:
A GUN IN EVERY
HOME, A
CLOCK IN EVERY
CABIN.
81
CHAPTER 4:
ON THE VERGE
OF A MORE
PERFECT WORLD
.
107
CHAPTER
5:
THE
IRRESISTIBLE
LURE
OF THE HIGHWAY
.
129
CHAPTER
6:
PRECISION
AND
PERIL,
SIX MILES HIGH
.
173
CHAPTER
7: THROUGH
A GLASS, DISTINCTLY
.
215
CHAPTER
8: WHERE AM
I, AND WHAT
IS THE TIME?
.
255
CHAPTER
9: SQUEEZING
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
.
275
CHAPTER 10: ON THE
NECESSITY
FOR EQUIPOISE
.
307
AFTERWORD:
THE MEASURE
OF ALL
THINGS
.
331
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
.
357
A GLOSSARY
OF
POSSIBLY UNFAMILIAR
TERMS
.
361
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.
369
INDEX
.
375
$
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MUSEUM
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