[内容简介]

　　精确，不仅从源头上“定义”了现代世界，更一步步“塑造”了现代世界。诸如今日火热的智能制造，便是由我们对精确的不断追求所构建起来的。《追求精确》是一部250年精密制造的沧桑巨变史，一部恢宏的机械交响史和一首激荡人心的智能制造交响曲，是关于人类不断逼近精确极限的创造史、创新史。

　　精确是一切的关键。它是现代社会不可或缺的重要组成部分。日常生活中对我们而言非常重要的物品，例如手机、相机、电脑、自行车、汽车等，里面的零件都需要相互匹配，才有可能完美运转。然而，尽管我们的生活充满了精确，但我们往往忽视了精确的存在。关于精确度的思考是历史上一个伟大的转折点，如果没有对精确的重视，制造业的崛起就不可能发生。

　　作者西蒙·温切斯特带领读者回到工业时代的起源，以前所未有的广度和深度、独到的视野，穿越250年的历史，从英国北威尔士的铸造厂到曼彻斯特的工厂，再到美国迪尔伯恩的汽车生产线，以及美国的实验室，追溯了从工业时代到数字时代的技术发展历程。温切斯特通过讲述精密制造先驱的故事：“铁疯子”约翰·威尔金森、亨利·莫兹利、约瑟夫·布拉马、杰西·拉姆斯登和约瑟夫·惠特沃思等，带读者见证公差是怎么一步步缩小为零的。从0.1到0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 01，在这不断迭加的0的公差世界的背后，是开放与封闭、创新与停滞、理想主义与功利主义的竞跑，同时，也是企业与企业在管理文化上的较量。追求极致精确、极致精益，不仅是一种产品质量观，更是一种关乎企业存亡乃至国家兴衰的哲学观。

　　作者简介

　　【英】西蒙·温切斯特

　　洞见深刻的历史学家与思想家。牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院名誉研究员。2006年，获得了英国女王亲自颁发的大英帝国勋章。2016年，荣获加拿大皇家地理学会劳伦斯•伯比勋章，并当选为院士。曾任《卫报》海外记者及《星期日泰晤士报》海外特派员，长期为《纽约时报》《国家地理》《卫报》及BBC等媒体撰稿。

　　精密制造先行者，照亮智能制造未来的“点火者”。深入研究了精密制造250年跌宕起伏的发展历程，掀起了一场对精密制造改变世界大问题的深刻探讨：完美从时间中诞生，现代世界从精确中涌现。

　　屡登榜首的畅销书作家，其作品屡屡登上《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》等畅销榜。作品选题涉猎广泛，尤其擅长叙事；写作视角独树一帜，能用渊博的知识给读者带来独特的阅读体验，著有《教授与疯子》《天才与狂徒》等广为人知的图书。

　　闻名遐迩的探险家。毕业于牛津大学地质学系，地质主题研究和旅行调研贯穿了温切斯特的一生，他游历了亚洲、美洲及非洲的不少国家与地区，广泛深入世界各地，为其在文学、历史和地质学领域的卓越建树埋下了伏笔。

[Content Introduction]

Precision not only "defines" the modern world from the source, but also "shapes" the modern world step by step. Such as today's hot intelligent manufacturing, is built by our constant pursuit of precision. The Pursuit of Precision is a history of 250 years of great changes in precision manufacturing, a grand mechanical symphony history and an exciting intelligent manufacturing symphony, and a history of creation and innovation about human beings constantly approaching the limits of precision.

Precision is the key to everything. It is an indispensable and important part of modern society. The items that are important to us in everyday life, such as mobile phones, cameras, computers, bicycles, cars, etc., need to be matched to each other in order to function perfectly. However, although our lives are full of precision, we often overlook the existence of precision. Thinking about precision is one of the great turning points in history, and the rise of manufacturing would not have happened without an emphasis on precision.

Author Simon Winchester takes readers back to the origins of the industrial age with unprecedented breadth and depth, tracing the evolution of technology from the industrial age to the digital age through 250 years of history, from a foundry in North Wales, England, to a factory in Manchester, to a car production line in Dearborn, USA, and a laboratory in the United States. By telling the stories of the pioneers of precision manufacturing, John Wilkinson, Henry Maudsley, Joseph Brammer, Jesse Ramsden and Joseph Whitworth, Winchester takes the reader through the process of reducing tolerances to zero. From 0.1 to 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 01, behind this constantly overlapping 0 tolerance world, there is a race between openness and closure, innovation and stagnation, idealism and utilitarianism, and at the same time, it is also a contest between enterprises in management culture. The pursuit of extreme precision and extreme lean is not only a product quality view, but also a philosophical view related to the survival of enterprises and even the rise and fall of the country.

About the author

Simon Winchester

The insightful historian and thinker. Honorary Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen herself. In 2016, he was awarded the Lawrence Burby Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and elected as a Fellow. A former overseas correspondent for the Guardian and an overseas correspondent for the Sunday Times, he has written for the New York Times, National Geographic, The Guardian and the BBC.

Precision manufacturing pioneers, illuminate the future of intelligent manufacturing "lighting". In-depth study of precision manufacturing 250 years of ups and downs of the development process, set off a profound discussion of the precision manufacturing changed the world: perfect born from time, the modern world emerged from precision.

A bestselling author whose books have appeared on bestseller lists such as The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His works have a wide range of topics, especially good at narrative; His writing perspective is unique, and he can bring readers a unique reading experience with profound knowledge. He has widely known books such as "The Professor and the Madman" and "The Genius and the Fanatic".

The famous explorer. Graduated from the Department of Geology at the University of Oxford, Winchester's geological subject research and travel research throughout his life, he visited many countries and regions in Asia, America and Africa, and went extensively around the world, laying the groundwork for his outstanding achievements in the fields of literature, history and geology.