The Body' Review: The Magnificent Machine - WSJ

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Evolution runs on imperfect ‘make-do,’ Bill Bryson stresses. Humans learned to walk upright, at the cost of fragile joints and clog-prone sinuses.

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In the tradition of David McCullough’s grand histories, the sweeping story of one man’s quest to build the fastest, finest ocean liner in history—set against the politics, culture, and enterprise of twentieth century America.The story of a great American builder. At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America’s best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S.

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