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The power of imperfections : a key to technology, love, life and survival /

"Perfection is a fiction. In cooking we demand minute traces of herbs and spices to add flavour. All technologies are similar since only when we add impurities do the materials meet our needs. This is true for everything from making Stone Age tools to semiconductors, steel, glass optical fibres...

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Main Author:	Townsend, P. D. (Peter David) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Science > Philosophy. Imperfection. Science > Study and teaching > Philosophy. Sciences > Étude et enseignement > Philosophie. Applied Sciences. Philosophy & Social Aspects. Science > Philosophy Imperfection Science > Study and teaching > Philosophy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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