'The Perfectionists' manages to make precision engineering fascinating
May 11, 2018
3 minutes
“The emphasis in 'bestseller',” bestselling author James Michener used to say, “properly falls on 'best.'”
It was a quiet bit of boasting from a mild-mannered man who'd managed to make a New York Times bestseller out of an almost-700-page historical novel about Poland, but it's worth remembering when readers consider the latest book from another bestselling author, Simon Winchester. is in large part a protracted study of ball bearings, chrome-plated telescope components, mass-produced crankshafts, and whatever the
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