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The Screw That Changed the World: How Standards Changed Everything (. Mostly for the Better)

By Karl Turner PhD
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By Karl Turner PhD
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Why do we speak the same language, use the same money, or trust a screw to fit every time?

Everything on our planet is underwritten by standards. Behind every leap in human progress is a quiet agreement: a shared standard that lets us build on each other's work.

In The Screw that Changed the World, Dr. Karl Turner journeys through time and technology, starting with the genetic codes that turned microbes into world-makers. Then, he examines the rise of language, money, and measurement, befor...

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