The Reassembler
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2017
- Hardcover
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James May, Hodder & Stoughton. When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of objects that spring to life with the click of a button or twist of a knob, and, most of the time, do exactly what we want them to. But how on earth do these objects work? What exactly happens when you pull the lever on a petrol lawnmower? How many individual pieces are involved in getting a spinning blade to spin fast enough to mow your lawn? If you really want to understand what something is then you have to understand how it works, and James May, presenter of The Grand Tour , is the man to help you find out. In this terrifically zany book, James tells us how to assemble our most beloved objects from scratch and see what it takes to actually get these things to work.
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- Title
- The Reassembler
- Author
- James May
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication year
- 2017
- Book Type
- Hardback
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1473656915
- ISBN 13
- 9781473656918
- Item weight
- 630 grams
- Dimensions
- 178
'A typically Mayesque celebration of classic engineering ... May is extraordinarily good at explaining what a carburettor is or outlining how a governor works... It's charming, transfixing and surprisingly intimate...It might be the best thing he's ever done.' - Guardian [review of BBC4 TV series]
'Reassembly is merely a form of therapy; something that stimulates a part of my brain that is left wanting in my daily life. When I rebuild a bicycle, I re-order my head. So might you...
I'm delighted that you will be holding in your hands a book about putting things back together. It's a subject that fascinates me but which I assumed was a lonely passion that I would take to the grave, unconsummated by the normal channels of human interaction.
Welcome! You and I, we are not alone, and our screwdrivers are our flashing Excaliburs as we sally forth to make small parts of the fragmented world whole again.'
As in his hit BBC4 TV series, as well as learning the history of the objects, we get a history of the component parts. As James rebuilds an engine, he explains the cylinders, what they are, how they came about and what they do.
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