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Simon Winchester | a History of Precision Engineering and the Making of the Modern World

Hidden Forces - July 16, 2018 03:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
In Episode 52 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Simon Winchester about the value of precision (and imperfection) in the modern age. Few things are as responsible for the making of the modern world as precision engineering; yet, it is largely invisible to us. We live our lives in a ...

Books written by Simon Winchester

A Crack in the Edge of the World
Simon Winchester

4 Episodes - 419 pages - ★★★★ - 5.24K ratings

The Map That Changed the World
Simon Winchester

352 pages - ★★★★ - 10.2K ratings

The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time
Simon Winchester

416 pages - ★★★★ - 1.36K ratings

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Christine A. Lindberg, David Auburn, Simon Winchester, Michael Dirda, David Lehman, Stephin Merritt, Francine Prose, Zadie Smith, Jean Strouse, David Foster Wallace

1088 pages - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings