Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work by Roma Agrawal

Description Smartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple. Tracing their journeys through the millennia, she shows us how handmade Roman nails led to modern skyscrapers, how the potter’s wheel enabled space exploration, and how humble lenses helped her conceive a child against the odds. Eye-opening and engaging, Nuts and Bolts reveals the hidden building blocks of our modern world, and shows how engineering has fundamentally changed the way we live. Customers Also Liked Related products 31 Inventions that Built Our World by Jonn Elledge The Language of Trees: How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives by Katie Holten Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake How the World Really Works by Valclav Smil Reviews