scandleriv 's review for:

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester

5.0

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This book was a well-measured blend of history and science. The vibe was that of Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, but the narrative was much more deliberate, each chapter building off the last. And the dives into the stories surrounding each advance were much deeper (naturally resulting in a much more focused selection of topics). Highly recommended to anyone who likes to know how things work, enjoys learning about how the world around us was made, and is not afraid to be amazed at the complexity invented by greater minds than our own.