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I recently read "The Perfectionists", which is a very readable book on the topic of how vital precision and machine tools was to the industrial revolution and t
by roywiggins 7y ago
I recently read "The Perfectionists", which is a very readable book on the topic of how vital precision and machine tools was to the industrial revolution and the material world we live in. It really gets to the bottom of how the advances in our material capabilities and the invention of precision went hand in hand.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B072BFJB3Z/ https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B072BFJB3Z/
- galaxyLogic 7y agoNext: nano-tech
- roywiggins 7y agoFemtotech! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtotechnology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtotechnology
- sylk 7y agoGRIIIIIIIIIFFFFITH! (Cue berserk soundtrack) But for real, interesting read. Thanks for linking that. Would love to see some applications of such a thing.