About this title: Beginning with a short essay for the New York Times Magazine, this intriguing book has expanded to include not only the history and uses of screws and screwdrivers but many other related (however tangentially) topics, including Archimedes, da Vinci, guns, and child labor.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743208505ISBN:0743208501
Description: Very Good. Light wear to the extremities, contents tight and clean Nice, tight, clean copy. All items ship from Gig Harbor, Wa within 24 hrs! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scribner, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743208505ISBN:0743208501
Description: Good. No DJ Issued. 0743208501 Good. No dust jacket as issued. spine/smooth, text clean, cover has slight shelf wear w/small tear repair. Allow 30 days for Standard/Mediamail delivery.176p. : ill.; 20 cm. Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index. read more
"What a great little book. Everybody's in here, from Archimedes to Mr. Bramah the lockmaker. High schoolers who are assigned to read Turn of the Screw should read this instead :)"
"It's a book about the history of the screwdriver. Really it's an extra long feature article in book form. The author, a guy with a truly unpronounceable name, takes you on his exploratory journey of unearthing the most important tool invented in the last thousand years. As he makes his case for the screw and screwdriver, he introduces a lot of great tool history and trivia. My favorite part was his discussion of the button hole, one of those very-useful but not-so-intuitive inventions."
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