Nuts And Bolts Av Roma Agrawal

<p><b>''Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give'' </b><b>-</b><b> Jane Garvey</b><br><b><br>''A splendid book: clearly written, elegantly structured and full of facts you are unlikely to chance on anywhere else'' - <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><b>''A wonderful book'' - Mark Miodownik, author of <i>Stuff Matters</i></b><br><br><b>''A masterclass in storytelling'' - Jess Wade, physicist and author of <i>Nano</i></b><br><br><b>AS HEARD ON OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE<br></b>__________<br><b><br>Smartphones, skyscrapers, spacecraft. Modern technology seems mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple.</b><br><br>In <i>Nuts and Bolts</i>, 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