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Title: Great history of science
Review: This book, in my mind, is one of the best examples of truly superb history of science for laymen. It describes the problem clearly, it covers a problem that we can all understand, and one that had fundamental repurcussions for our world, and then it goes on to discuss its solution with wonderfully readable detail.I thought this book was great on a number of levels- social history (insight into the relevant British cultural context), technological history, and the coverage of a great invention.I mourn the passing of the golden age of design and engineering- everything is now electronic, with very few intuitive mechanical things left, and this book is a wonderful celebration of of an age when brilliance meant the creation of wonderful physical objects.
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