Nuts and Bolts
Book description
Some of engineering's mightiest achievements are small in scale, even hidden-and yet, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts and Bolts, Roma Agrawal examines seven of these extraordinary elements: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the lens, the magnet, the string,…
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Full disclosure, I was interviewed for the chapter on springs but I promise to be unbiased! I’ve been a fan of Agrawal’s work since Built.
A structural engineer by training, she’s an amazing storyteller with the most incredible way of deconstructing and explaining technology. Nuts & Bolts is no different, you’ll never look at the world around you in the same way again, from bicycles to breast pumps and tiny rivets to the ISS. It will fill you with the enthusiasm of a child discovering the world around you all over again.
From Rebecca's list on for people who love taking things apart.
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