One Good Turn A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

Name: One Good Turn A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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ISBN: 9780006386032

ISBN-10: 0006386032

ISBN-13: 9780006386032

Edition: 2002

Authors: Witold Rybczynski

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The Best Tool of the MillenniumThe seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by "The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." An award-winning author who once built a house using only hand tools, Rybczynski has intimate knowledge of the toolbox -- both its contents and its history -- which serves him beautifully on his quest."One Good Turn is a story starring Archimedes, who invented the water screw and introduced the helix, and Leonardo, who sketched a machine for carving wood screws. It is a story of mechanical discovery and genius that takes readers from ancient Greece to car design in the age of…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Publication date: 10/4/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.00" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Witold Rybczynskihas written about architecture forThe New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, andSlate, and is the author of the critically acclaimed bookHomeand the award-winningA Clearing in the Distance. He is the recipient of the National Building Museum's 2007 Vincent Scully Prize. He lives with his wife in Philadelphia, where he teaches at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.