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Nuts & bolts : how tiny inventions make our world work

Agrawal, Roma, 1983-2024
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Smartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple. In 'Nuts and Bolts', award-winning engineer and broadcaster Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex feats of engineering into seven fundamental inventions: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. Each of these objects is itself a wonder of design, the result of many iterations and refinements. Together, they have enabled humanity to see the invisible, build the spectacular, communicate across vast distances, and even escape our planet.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2024.
Collation:
xv, 302 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529340112 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2418260
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