[harshreality]

The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester isn't so much a survey of fundamental scientific advancements, but precision engineering goes hand in hand with modern developments in physics, chemistry, microbiology, and medicine. Simply skimming the index of that book, or Starrett's catalogues, can provide some hints about things that might be overlooked in a general history of (modern) science. Scientific ideas come from the famous scientists, but scientific progress relies on experimental apparatus, which require tools. Actual products people can use also require tools to build. Those tools, and where and when they came from, are rarely emphasized in scientific histories.

There's also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Inventors_Hal...

[runnr_az]

100% agree… the history of technology is, in some ways, the history of more and more precise engineering. Bonus - Winchester reads the audiobook himself and he’s everything you’d want in a wise and worldly old British guy