Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump.Delightful TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMESAppeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give JANE GARVEYSplendid. Clearly written, elegantly structured full of facts you are unlikely to chance on anywhere else DAILY MAILSHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARSmartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mindbogglingly 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 potters wheel enabled space exploration, and how humble lenses helped her conceive a child against the odds. Eyeopening 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.A wonderful book MARK MIODOWNIKA masterclass in storytelling JESS WADEA riveting love letter to the small, wonderful, and mundane things that make the modern world. ROMAN MARSAS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE

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