History of engineering and technology

This encyclopedic reference provides a concise and engaging overview of the groundbreaking inventions and conceptual innovations that have shaped the field of computing, and the technology that runs the modern world.

This book explores the practicality of using the existing subsurface geology on the Moon and Mars for protection against radiation, thermal extremes, micrometeorites and dust storms rather than building surface habitats at great expense at least for those first few missions.

This book examines the remarkable Velestino hoard, found in Thessaly in the 1920s, and analyses the light that this collection of artifacts sheds on a poorly studied period of Byzantine history, and on largely neglected aspects of Byzantine civilization.

This book sheds light on environmental control in buildings from the 17th century onwards.

This is the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms that was held in Beijing, China, in September 2018.

This encyclopedic reference provides a concise and engaging overview of the groundbreaking inventions and conceptual innovations that have shaped the field of computing, and the technology that runs the modern world.

Changes in the present challenge us to reinterpret the past, but historians have not yet come to grips with the convergence of computing, media, and communications technology.

This book explores the key conceptual stakes underpinning historical epistemology.

This book explores the historical relationship between 'technonatures' and urban transformations in the Global North.

This book explores the historical relationship between 'technonatures' and urban transformations in the Global North.

In 1733 Mr Henry Bridges announced his Microcosm or Little World was on display in Waltham Abbey then toured Britain and the American colonies.

Karl Bodenschatz was the Richthofen squadron adjutant.

The Ferrari 250GT Berlinettas are undeniably beautiful and, arguably, the greatest Ferrari racing cars ever built.

Few men have rightly earned the title of genius, but one must surely be Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Here is the tale of Canada's intriguing development of the science of Radio Astronomy.

Here is the tale of Canada's intriguing development of the science of Radio Astronomy.

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.

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.

The technological capabilities of the ancient world have long fascinated scholars and the general public alike, though scholarly debate has often seen material culture not as the development of technology, but as a tool for defining chronology and delineating the level of interactions of neighboring societies.

The technological capabilities of the ancient world have long fascinated scholars and the general public alike, though scholarly debate has often seen material culture not as the development of technology, but as a tool for defining chronology and delineating the level of interactions of neighboring societies.

Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers.

This is a book about intrepid women who reach out for challenges.

The essential text on the early works of the famed nineteenth-century inventor, featuring hundreds of detailed illustrations.

This book uses both succinct, informative essays and beautiful, detailed photography to reveal how recent archeological discoveries in the ancient country of Armenia have transformed our understanding of the origins of human civilization and humanity itself.

In Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Italo Calvino elaborated on six concepts or memos to offer insights on the 'shapes of things to come', which were lightness, rapidity, exactness, visibility, multiplicity and consistency.

Since the end of the Cold War, U.

A thoughtful look at our history of innovation, the problems with the patent system, and the prospects for America's future.

This is the most comprehensive, English-language study of the German Imperial Navy's battlecruisers that served in the First World War.

Since the end of the Cold War, U.

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

In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K.

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church.

Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians were not just good at running their government, but were excellent inventors too?

This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport.

This book explores the global technological transformations that have shaped development of society for eons, from the emergence of Homo sapiens to the modern day.

Despite widespread consensus that China's digital revolution was sure to bring about massive democratic reforms, such changes have not come to pass.

A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley crew of rocket scientists in this "e;fascinating journey of discovery peppered with humor"e; (Publishers Weekly).

The rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.

This book provides a detailed examination of the questions that preoccupied British alienists throughout the second half of the nineteenth century.

This book discusses the legacy of the conference series The International Conferences of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES), which spans the second half of the Twentieth Century and the beginning of the twenty-first.

Over the past two million years that human species have inhabited the Planet Earth they have distinguished themselves by their ability to make and do things creatively to ensure their survival.

Over the past two million years that human species have inhabited the Planet Earth they have distinguished themselves by their ability to make and do things creatively to ensure their survival.

Other books deal with the men under the spotlight of fame – the ‘lead singers’ of the Industrial Revolution.

Other books deal with the men under the spotlight of fame – the ‘lead singers’ of the Industrial Revolution.

Digital spaces are saturated with metaphor: we have pages, sites, mice, and windows.

Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web provides a unique introduction to identity and reference theories of the World Wide Web, through the academic lens of philosophy of language and data-driven statistical models.

-Ecclesiastes 12:12 Programs are invariably subjected to many rorms or transrormation.

An in-depth exploration of a momentous year in American history from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.