Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

by Roma Agrawal

Book Overview

Some of humanity's mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale--and, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts and Bolts, structural engineer Roma Agrawal examines seven of these extraordinary elements: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, the string, and the pump.

Tracing the evolution from Egyptian nails to modern skyscrapers, and Neanderthal string to musical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324021527
• ISBN13: 9781324021520
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"