# The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

By Simon Hørup Eskildsen · 2019-10-14 · Book by Simon Winchester, rated 2/5 · https://sirupsen.com/books/the-perfectionists

<p>Premise is fantastic, I'm engaged with the content and the idea, but the writing is so dull. Some sentences are half a page. I had to put it down after slogging my way 1/3 through. Energy by Rhodes is an example of much more engaging engineering history.</p>