History of engineering and technology

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays.

Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats presents more than 200 achievements in architecture and structural engineering in all the inhabited continents, from prehistory to the present.

Profiles 51 key engineers of the last 400 years, leading up to the founders of modern electronics and communications.

Today, jazz is considered high art, America's national music, and the catalog of its recordings-its discography-is often taken for granted.

The book presents thirty great Chinese inventions, both ancient and modern, which are original, distinct, have made outstanding contributions and had extensive influence in China and around the globe.

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL is famous for the engineering wonders he left behind - from the SS Great Britain to the delights of Paddington and Temple Meads stations, but much of what he designed has been lost.

The book offers an analysis of Joachim Jungius' Texturae Contemplatio - a hitherto-unpublished manuscript written in German and Latin that deals with weaving, knitting and other textile practices, attempting to present as well various fabrics and textile techniques in a scientifical and even mathematical framework.

This book is a must-read for all those interested in the evolution of airplanes.

Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landscape.

Why has car society proven so durable, even in the face of mounting environmental and economic crises?

Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the "e;engineering pope"e; Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds.

GPS Declassified examines the development of GPS from its secret, Cold War military roots to its emergence as a worldwide consumer industry.

The chaos of the French Revolution was quickly followed by the somewhat less chaotic rule of Napoleon Bonaparte.

At the University of Rhode Island over 25% of engineering undergraduates simultaneously complete a second degree in German, French, Spanish, or Chinese.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

The project to create a 'New Man' and 'New Woman' initiated in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc constituted one of the most extensive efforts to remake human psychophysiology in modern history.

How can we teach machine learning to identify causal patterns in data?

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays.

Angelo Secchi was a key figure in 19th century science.

Narrating some lesser known episodes from the deep history of digital machines, Alexander R.

During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic with oil and supplies were virtually defenseless against German U-boats.

This volume traces back the history of interaction between the "e;computational"e; or "e;algorithmic"e; aspects of elementary mathematics and mathematics education throughout ages.

The collective biography of the only generation of economists who lived their entire professional life in GDR''s socialism.

Since the earliest days of our species, technology and language have evolved in parallel.

This Third Edition is the first English-language edition of the award-winning Meilensteine der Rechentechnik; illustrated in full color throughout in two volumes.

Power Trip is an adventurous, wonk-free, big-picture, solutions-oriented narrative by leading young journalist Amanda Little that maps out the history and future of America’s energy addiction.

A study of science and technology practices that shows how even emergent aspects of research and development remain entangled with established hierarchies.

This book provides science and technology ethos to a literate person.

Discover the fascinating stories behind humankind's conquest of the skies, from dreamers and inventors to modern-day astronauts.

In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease and then discusses their future.

This book provides an overview of metal casting technologies starting from its historical evolution to casting design strategies that are being followed today in foundries and other metal casting industries.

This book highlights the unique need for philosophy among engineers, which stems from issues regarding their knowledge (epistemology), role or being (ontology) and influence (ethics).

The authors were with the Japanese Naval Special Attack Force (Kamikaze Corps) from its inception in late 1944.

This book provides science and technology ethos to a literate person.

'Riveting, timely and truly revelatory.

This work is a historical and philosophical study of the programming work carried out by John von Neumann in the period 1945-8.

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays.

After the atomic bombing at the end of World War II, anxieties about survival in the nuclear age led scientists to begin stockpiling and freezing hundreds of thousands of blood samples from indigenous communities around the world.

Today, there exists an integrated, large-scale satellite system to track sea-level rise, its speed, causes, and impacts.

In the early twentieth century, the magic of radio was new, revolutionary, and poorly understood.