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Nuts & bolts : seven small inventions that changed the world (in a big way) / Roma Agrawal.
Van Pelt Library T173.8 .A3137 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agrawal, Roma, 1983- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--History.
- Technological innovations.
- Engineering--History.
- Engineering.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Inventions--History.
- Inventions.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Nuts and bolts.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
- Summary:
- "An ambitious but accessible book exploring how seven simple engineering inventions from the pump to the spring have shaped our world, by the engineer who designed the Shard"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Nail
- Wheel
- Spring
- Magnet
- Lens
- String
- Pump
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781529340082
- 152934008X
- 9781529340075
- 1529340071
- OCLC:
- 1374330437
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