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Microchips – their availability, their geopolitical importance, and their arduously exacting fabrication – have been in the news constantly for the past…
Scope of Work
Excellent writing about the physical world.
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Secondhand
Starting 2023-01-06, Scope of Work’s Reading Group is reading Adam Minter’s Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage…
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Beyond Measure
Starting 2022-11-11, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading James Vincent’s Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants.…
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Stuff Matters
Starting 2022-09-23, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Mark Miodownik’s Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World.…
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The Toaster Project
Starting 2022-07-25, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Thomas Thwaite’s The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch.…
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The Fabric of Civilization
Starting 2022-06-13, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.…
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Made in the USA
Starting 2022-05-06, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Vaclav Smil’s Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing.…
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Space Forces
Starting 2022-03-21, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Fred Scharmen’s Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space.…
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Electrify
Starting 2022-02-04, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading Saul Griffith’s Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for our Clean Energy Future.…
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How Buildings Learn
Starting 2021-11-26, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built by designer, inventor, and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog Steward Brand.…
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The New Breed
Starting 2021-10-15, Scope of Work’s Reading Group is reading The New Breed: What our History with Animals Reveals About…
The Big Score
Starting 2021-08-20, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading The Big Score, Michael S Malone’s history of pre-internet Silicon Valley.…