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Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Simon Winchester
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.
416 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 2, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780008241780 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 197 × 130 × 28 mm · 370 g |
| Language | English |
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