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One Good Turn
Witold Rybczynski · 初版 2000 年
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“One Good Turn 是一部由发明螺旋提水器并引入螺旋线的 Archimedes，以及绘制出木螺钉雕刻机草图的 Leonardo 共同主演的故事。这是一段关于机械发现与天才创想的历程，带领读者从古希腊走向维多利亚时代的格拉斯哥，从意大利文艺复兴时期的武器设计迈向美国工业时代的汽车设计。Rybczynski 为螺丝谱写了一曲赞歌——没有它，就不会有望远镜，不会有显微镜，简言之，就不会有启蒙时代的科学。而在如今这个高度数字化的世界里，螺丝刀或许是最后一件手工工具，它所代表的正是……”
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有一本很棒的小书叫《One Good Turn》，作者是 Witold Rybczynski，副标题是“螺丝刀与螺丝的自然史”。像我这样对这些东西感兴趣的人读起来简直是一种纯粹的享受。
There's a lovely little book called "One Good Turn" by Witold Rybczynski subtitled 'A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw' A pure delight for those interested in such things like me.
加拿大建筑师、教授兼作家 Witold Rybczynski 写过一本很棒的小书《One Good Turn》，他在书里指出：“罗伯逊螺丝（Robertson screw）永远都能拧得下来”。
There's a great little book "One Good Turn" by Canadian architect, professor and writer Witold Rybczynski where he points out that "A Robertson screw can always be unscrewed".
好书力荐：《One Good Turn: A Natural History...》https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684867303?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shar... 一部关于螺丝的历史。关于它是如何演化发展的内容特别有意思。有些机械加工技术的历史远比……
Great read: One Good Turn: A Natural History... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684867303?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shar... A history of the screw. Really interesting around how it was developed. Some machining techniques are far older than…
HN 的读者大概会对这位作者 Witold Rybczynski 的另一本书感兴趣：《One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw》（https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684867303）。这本书源于一篇报纸专栏的约稿命题——什么是（建筑领域中）最重要的工具……
HN would probably be interested in another book by the author, Witold Rybczynski: One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684867303). It's born out of a writing prompt for a newspaper article - what is the most important tool (for construction…
……年我开始翻阅他的科普平装书收藏。已读完：Richard Feynman 的《QED》，讲解量子电动力学的讲座，用的数学知识绝不超过几何范畴。在读：Witold Rybczynski 的《One Good Turn: A natural history of the screwdriver and the screw》。论述非常深入地探讨了他的参考资料，还顺便整理出了一份绝佳的必访博物馆清单。下一本准备读：Impossibility:……
…year I’ve started going through his collection of popular-science paperbacks. Done: QED, Richard Feynman. Lectures on explaining quantum electrodynamics but with no more math than geometry. Currently: One Good Turn: A natural history of the screwdriver and the screw, Witold Rybczynski. The discourse goes into his references in depth. It has yielded an excellent list of museums to visit. On deck: Impossibility:…
我不确定有没有哪本真正的好书进一步论证了这个观点（可能是《The Perfectionists》或者《One Good Turn》？），但当你读到关于 Maudsley（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Maudslay 和 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-cutting_lathe）以及 Wilkinson（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(industrialist)……）的历史时，结论就不言自明了。
I'm not sure there's any really good book that furthers this argument (possibly The Perfectionists or One Good Turn?) but it sort of becomes obvious when you read about Maudsley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Maudslay and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-cutting_lathe) and Wilkinson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(industrialist)…