![]() It also manages to discuss the history of the art of divination done by examining freshly slaughtered livers (hepatoscopy), just one among many, mostly amusing, digressions. Of his house with his own hands and hand tools. Witold Rybczynski, a professor of urban studies at the University of Pennsylvania, has written several books, including the marvelously discursive ''The Most Beautiful House in the World,'' a book that describes Rybczynski's construction Almost anything in the world worth owning is held together with screws. In a complex world, a few dozen screwdrivers are no luxury in themselves, although perhaps the sign of an excess of ![]() A friend has 172 handsaws - that is something to worry about. On the Pegboard, five more hide in the toolbox, and, counting all the devices for turning screws, including Allen wrenches and bits for that finest of all turnscrews, the Chapman wrench, I have more than 50 ways toĭrive screws. ![]() One Good Turn, The New York Times Magazine article that inspired the book, April 18, 1999Ī Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw.Įlocated, serendipitously, to a makeshift office in my workshop, I contemplate this book about screwdrivers while surrounded by them. ![]() An examination of how an ancient hand tool has survived modern technology. ![]()
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