One Good Turn
A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Published on 2. July 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7432-0850-5 (ISBN)
Description
From a da Vinci sketch to a Phillips, this is the story of the partnership between the screw and the screwdriver, the people who perfected it, and the innovations that made it possible.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-0850-5 (9780743208505)
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Witold Rybczynski
One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Book
09/2001
Simon & Schuster
€16.50
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Person
Witold Rybczynski, an architect and Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books and his exploration of domestic comfort, Home, has been translated into eight languages. Rybczynski lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.