One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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9780002000314 - Witold Rybczynski: One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Witold Rybczynski

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2000)

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ISBN: 9780002000314 bzw. 0002000318, in Englisch, 173 Seiten, HarperCollins Canada, gebundenes Buch, neu.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Nearfine.
In 1999, an editor of the New York Times Magazine approached Witold Rybczynski, the well-known student of architecture and urban design, and asked him to write a short essay on the best and most useful common tool of the past millennium. Rybczynski took the assignment, but when he began to look into the history of the items in his workshop--hammers and saws, levels and planes--he found that almost all of them had pedigrees that extended well into antiquity. Nearly ready to admit defeat, he asked his wife for ideas. Her answer was inspired: "You always need a screwdriver for something." True enough. And, Rybczynski discovered, the screwdriver is a relative newcomer in humankind's arsenal of gadgetry, an invention of the late European Middle Ages and the only major mechanical device that the Chinese did not independently invent. Leonardo da Vinci got to it early on, of course, as he did so many other things, designing a number of screw-cutting machines with interchangeable gears. Still, it took generations for the screw (and with it the screwdriver and lathe) to come into general use, and it was not until the modern era that such improvements as slotted and socket screws came into being. Rybczynski's explorations into that lineage, here expanded to book length, are highly entertaining, and sure to engage readers interested in the origins of everyday things. --Gregory McNamee, Hardcover, Edition: First Printing, Label: HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Canada, Product group: Book, Published: 2000-09, Release date: 2000-09-01, Studio: HarperCollins Canada, Sales rank: 1210696.
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9780002000314 - Witold Rybczynski: One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Witold Rybczynski

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2005)

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ISBN: 9780002000314 bzw. 0002000318, in Englisch, 173 Seiten, HarperCollins Canada, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, TopValuePro.
The Best Tool of the Millennium The 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 American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope -- in short, no enlightenment science. One of our finest cultural and architectural historians, Rybczynski renders a graceful, original, and engaging portrait of the tool that changed the course of civilization. Hardcover, Label: HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Canada, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-12-05, Studio: HarperCollins Canada, Verkaufsrang: 524075.
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9780002000314 - Witold Rybczynski: One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Witold Rybczynski

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2005)

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ISBN: 9780002000314 bzw. 0002000318, in Englisch, 173 Seiten, HarperCollins Canada, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.

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The Best Tool of the Millennium The 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 American industry. Rybczynski writes an ode to the screw, without which there would be no telescope, no microscope -- in short, no enlightenment science. One of our finest cultural and architectural historians, Rybczynski renders a graceful, original, and engaging portrait of the tool that changed the course of civilization. Hardcover, Label: HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Canada, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-12-05, Studio: HarperCollins Canada, Verkaufsrang: 524075.
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Witold Rybczynski

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

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books.
HarperCollins Canada. Used - Acceptable. Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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9780002000314 - Rybczynski, Witold: One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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Rybczynski, Witold

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2000)

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika EN HC US

ISBN: 9780002000314 bzw. 0002000318, in Englisch, HarperCollins, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Book Women.
HarperCollins, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Sound, clean & nice copy, light edgewear. Jacket is bright & clean, light to moderate rubbing/edgewear, gift notation within. Not price clipped.
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