This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through close readings of constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Caruso St John Architects, Mies van der Rohe and OMA. In the professionalised context of the contemporary architectural profession, precise c...(展开全部)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile...(展开全部)

【英】西蒙·温切斯特 ◎洞见深刻的历史学家与思想家。牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院名誉研究员。2006 年，获得了英国女王亲自颁发的大英帝国勋章。2016 年，荣获加拿大皇家地理学会劳伦斯•伯比勋章，并当选为院士。曾任《卫报》海外记者及《星期日泰晤士报》海外特派员，长期为《纽约时报》《国家地理》《卫报》及BBC等媒体撰稿。 ◎精密制造先行者，照亮智能制造未来的“点火者”。深入研究了精密制造250年跌宕起伏的发展历程，掀起了一场对精密制造改变世界大问题的深刻探讨：完美从时间中诞生，现代世界从精确中涌现。 ◎屡登榜首的畅销书作家，其作品屡屡登上《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》等畅销榜。作品选题涉猎广泛，尤其擅长叙事；写作视角独树一帜，能用渊博的知识给读者带来独特的阅读体验，著有《教授与疯子》《天才与狂徒》等广为人知的图书。 ◎闻名遐迩的探险家。毕业于牛津大学地质学系，地...(展开全部)

Listen up, designers, and wipe those grins off your faces! It's time to get serious about your design work. For too long you've allowed yourself to go soft, relying on your software to do all of your creative work for you. This book will NOT show you how to use every tool and feature in Adobe Illustrator. This book WILL, however, teach you the importance of drawing out your ide...(展开全部)