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536- Nuts and Bolts
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In her new book Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way), structural engineer Roma Agrawal identifies and examines the seven of most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the lens, the magnet, the string, and the pump.Click here to get the book! Available for pre-order at W. W. Norton in the US and Bookshop.org in the UK.Nuts and Bolts
Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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