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The strive for ever greater precision has been a driving force behind all landmark engineering achievements

The strive for ever greater precision has been a driving force behind all landmark engineering achievements

Simon Winchester – The perfectionists

Nice collection of anecdotes which struggles to become more than just that.

The careful study of ancient wrecks reveals much about how – through the ages and across civilizations – engineers have solved for the same challenges in different ways

The careful study of ancient wrecks reveals much about how – through the ages and across civilizations – engineers have solved for the same challenges in different ways

Richard Steffy – Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks

It would be worthwhile research topic to map the development of ship building to the principles of disruptive innovation as laid out by Clayton Christensen.

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