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How precision engineers created the modern world
AuthorSimon Winchester
Audio read bySimon Winchester
Cover artistRichard Ljoenes
LanguageEnglish
Subject
PublisherWilliam Collins, Harper
Publication date
8 May 2018
Media type
  • Print
  • digital
  • audiobook
Pages416
AwardsAudie Award for Non-Fiction (2019)[1]
ISBN978-0-06-265255-3 Hardcover
OCLC1040072309
620.009
LC ClassTA19.W56
Websitewww.simonwinchester.com/precision-praise
All identifiers refer to the Harper American Edition unless otherwise noted
Winchester in 2013

How precision engineers created the modern world

Background

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Overview

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Reception

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According to the review aggregator Book Marks, the book has received critical acclaim.[2] The book was reviewed by James Gleick,[3] Roma Agrawal,[4] Dava Sobel,[5] and Dwayne A. Day,[6] and others. The book also received starred reviews in Kirkus,[7] Publishers Weekly,[8] The Library Journal,[9] and Booklist.[10]

Awards and honors

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Release details

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Exactly

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The Perfectionists

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Audie Awards® - APA". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ "The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World: Simon Winchester". Book Marks. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ Gleick, James. "Matters of Tolerance". The New York Review. Vol. LXV, no. 16. ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ Agrawal, Roma (14 May 2018). "Under Modernity's Hood: Precision Engineering (Published 2018)". The New York Times Book Review. p. 16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ Sobel, Dava (3 May 2018). "'The Perfectionists' Review: Two Cheers for Exactitude". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ Day, Dwayne (1 June 2018). "Review | From cameras to maps to bombs, a quest for perfect accuracy". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "The Perfectionists". Kirkus Reviews. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 5. 1 March 2018. p. 80. ISSN 1948-7428.
  8. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World". Publishers Weekly. May 2018. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  9. ^ Steagall, Jason L. (15 April 2018). "The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World". Library Journal. ISSN 0363-0277. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  10. ^ Hays, Carl (1 March 2018). "Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World, by By Simon Winchester". Booklist. Vol. 114, no. 13. p. 11. ISSN 0006-7385. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  11. ^ "2018 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize". Royal Society. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  12. ^ Tribble, Robin (25 December 2018). "The Best Sci/Tech Books of 2018". Popular Mechanics. ISSN 0032-4558. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  13. ^ Tribble, Robin; Gukdebrabdt, Eleanor; Dupzyk, Kevin (29 November 2018). "PM's 25 Favorite Non-Fiction Books". Popular Mechanics. ISSN 0032-4558. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  14. ^ Seaman, Donna (1 December 2018). "Top 10 Sci-Tech: 2018". Booklist. Vol. 115, no. 7. p. 17. ISSN 0006-7385. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2018". Booklist. Vol. 115, no. 9. 1 January 2019. p. 7. ISSN 0006-7385. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  16. ^ "9 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times Book Review. 21 June 2018. p. 23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  17. ^ "The Perfectionists - Graphis". Graphis Inc. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

Further reading

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External media
Audio
audio icon Interview discussing book (7 May 2018) with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live
audio icon Interview discussing book (7 May 2018) with Mary Louise Kelly on All Things Considered
audio icon Interview discussing book (28 June 2018) with Jen Golbeck on a podcast for Science Magazine
Video
video icon Interview with the Commonwealth Club of California
video icon Lecture on book before The New York Society Library
video icon Lecture at the Miami Book Fair International on C-SPAN