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050	1	4	_aT173.8 _b.A37 2023
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092			_a303.483 Ag81N 2023
100	1		_aAgrawal, Roma, _d1983-
245	1	0	_aNuts & bolts : _bseven small inventions that changed the world (in a big way) / _cRoma Agrawal.
246	3		_aNuts and bolts
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton and Company, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_axiv, 258 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [223]-254) and index.
505	0		_aNail -- Wheel -- Spring -- Magnet -- Lens -- String -- Pump.
520			_a"A structural engineer examines the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"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 instruments, Agrawal shows us how even our most sophisticated items are built on the foundations of these ancient and fundamental breakthroughs. She explores an array of intricate technologies--dishwashers, spacesuits, microscopes, suspension bridges, breast pumps--making surprising connections, explaining how they work, and using her own hand-drawn illustrations to bring complex principles to life. Alongside deeply personal experiences, she recounts the stories of remarkable--and often uncredited--scientists, engineers, and innovators from all over the world, and explores the indelible impact these creators and their creations had on society. In preindustrial Britain, nails were so precious that their export to the colonies was banned--and women were among the most industrious nail makers. The washing machine displayed at an industrial fair in Chicago in 1898 was the only machine featured that was designed by a woman. The history of the wheel, meanwhile, starts with pottery, and takes us to India's independence movement, where making clothes using a spinning wheel was an act of civil disobedience. Eye-opening and engaging, Nuts and Bolts reveals the hidden building blocks of our modern world, and shows how engineering has fundamentally changed the way we live"-- _cAmazon.com.
650		0	_aEngineering _xHistory
650		0	_aInventions _xHistory
650		0	_aScience _xHistory
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xHistory
775	0	8	_iReproduction of (manifestation): _aAgrawal, Roma, 1983- _tNuts and bolts _dLondon : Hodder & Stoughton, 2023 _z9781529340075
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