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Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Simon Winchester

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Royal Society Science Book Prize -> ScienceScience & Discovery

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Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2018ShortlistSecondary source
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