''Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give'' - Jane Garvey
''A splendid book: clearly written, elegantly structured and full of facts you are unlikely to chance on anywhere else'' - Daily Mail
''A wonderful book'' - Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters
''A masterclass in storytelling'' - Jess Wade, physicist and author of Nano
AS HEARD ON OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE
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Smartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple.
In Nuts and Bolts, award-winning Shard engineer and broadcaster Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex feats of engineering into seven fundamental inventions: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. Each of these objects is itself a wonder of design, the result of many iterations and refineme
