The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Simon Winchester's "The Perfectionists" is worth reading

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester

I second the nomination of Simon Winchester's book "The Perfectionists"

I came here to second this book by Simon Winchester, "The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World".

I liked this one about how the increasing precision in manufacture enabled the adoption of new technologies