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Title: How Boring Things Are Made
Review: Got this one at a yard sale and I'm very glad I only paid 50 cents for it. A collection of chapters describing how many things you don't care about are made, seemingly picked at random. Rubber bands? Pencils? Nail polish? Salsa? Salsa??? How about water: how is water made?There are many interesting devices and objects that are manufactured in clever and creative ways. Few of them are in this book. There's a couple of interesting subjects: jet engines, guitars, helicopters. But some are very incomplete - the chapter on watches focuses entirely on electronic quartz watches. They completely ignore the many mechanical watches that are still made on assembly lines and by skilled craftsmen. I'd pass on this one, or contact me and I'll sell you my copy for 50 cents.
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