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A review by sarabearian
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester
I discovered this author a few years ago and he is one of my favorite authors. Mr. Winchester does his research and writes fascinating books about a wide range of subjects. I found him when my attention was captured by a title "The Professor And The Madman" A fabulous book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. You should read it!
But more about "The Perfectionists". This book takes us through eleven chapters of examples of ever increasing perfection in the tools and machines that we have used to create the things around us and the inventions that we have depended on since the eighteenth century. The thing that I love about this author is that he brings all kinds of facts about all kinds of things together in his chapters and shows how they are linked to create a whole. By the time you finish this book you will have learned a wide range of information about history, living conditions, types of material, politics, inventors, innovators, and yes a few madmen with brilliant ideas and dreams. Best of all you will see how these things and a montage of other information and sources come together to make a captivating story. I highly recommend this book and author. -Thomas D.
But more about "The Perfectionists". This book takes us through eleven chapters of examples of ever increasing perfection in the tools and machines that we have used to create the things around us and the inventions that we have depended on since the eighteenth century. The thing that I love about this author is that he brings all kinds of facts about all kinds of things together in his chapters and shows how they are linked to create a whole. By the time you finish this book you will have learned a wide range of information about history, living conditions, types of material, politics, inventors, innovators, and yes a few madmen with brilliant ideas and dreams. Best of all you will see how these things and a montage of other information and sources come together to make a captivating story. I highly recommend this book and author. -Thomas D.