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Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester is the author of
The End of the River
as well as numerous books including
The New York Times
bestselling
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
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Engineering
How Albert Einstein's Son Tamed the Mississippi River
May 11, 2020 9:00 AM
Book Excerpt
Galileo, Krypton, and How the True Meter Came to Be
Dec 18, 2018 7:00 AM