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180 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780006386032
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication date: 28 March 2000
Description
Why did Peter L. Robertson think he had the “biggest little invention of the twentieth century”?How did a quest to improve the precision of the screw result in Captain Cook’s voyages of discovery? And how did Witold Rybczynski discover the true or...
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180 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780006386032
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication date: 28 March 2000
Description
Why did Peter L. Robertson think he had the “biggest little invention of the twentieth century”?How did a quest to improve the precision of the screw result in Captain Cook’s voyages of discovery? And how did Witold Rybczynski discover the true or...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings