History of engineering and technology

The first synoptic history of how the Royal Society faced up to the challenges of continued relevance from 1960 onwards.

The first synoptic history of how the Royal Society faced up to the challenges of continued relevance from 1960 onwards.

Authoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.

Authoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.

A groundbreaking study of South Africa''s role as a site for global experiments in biometric identification throughout the twentieth century.

A groundbreaking study of South Africa''s role as a site for global experiments in biometric identification throughout the twentieth century.

This book presents an evolutionary theory of technological change.

This book presents an evolutionary theory of technological change.

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

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

Reveals the diversity of goals, contexts and accomplishments in scientific study during the Middle Ages.

Reveals the diversity of goals, contexts and accomplishments in scientific study during the Middle Ages.

Finalist, 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards Quite simply, without engineers the U.

Offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.

Offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.

Authoritative, highly readable history of aerodynamics and the major theorists and their contributions.

Authoritative, highly readable history of aerodynamics and the major theorists and their contributions.

Written by America''s most famous engineering educator, this abecedarium is a selection of thoughts, quotations and anecdotes from his profession.

Written by America''s most famous engineering educator, this abecedarium is a selection of thoughts, quotations and anecdotes from his profession.

This book is an innovative, interdisciplinary study of the nature of design as a form of communication within and across Britain and its empire in the long nineteenth century.

This collection focuses on different expeditions and their role in the process of knowledge acquisition from the eighteenth century onwards.

Society, in its quest for order in an inherently chaotic natural setting, tends to think about technological innovation much too narrowly.

This book explores the lives, inventions, discoveries, and significant work of three extraordinary European inventors with noteworthy links to the great Thomas Alva Edison - Alessandro Volta, Nikola Tesla, and Eric Tigerstedt.

Exploring how scholars use digital resources to reconstruct the 19th century, this volume probes key issues in the intersection of digital humanities and history.

Limiting Outer Space propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the Post-Apollo period.

Now in a thoroughly updated new edition, this successful textbook surveys the history of technology in America from the 1600s to the 21st century.

The Ethics of Creativity illuminates the thorny issues that arise when novel creative ideas collide with what we believe to be 'right' or 'good'.

This collection explores the evolution of the commercial space industry from the beginning of the space age through the early twenty-first century.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

Explores how Britain''s global cable network became both the ''nervous system'' of its Empire and the key to electrical physics.

Explores how Britain''s global cable network became both the ''nervous system'' of its Empire and the key to electrical physics.

This book studies the correlation between technological knowledge and industrial performance, with the focus on electricity, an emerging technology during 1880 and 1945.

Explores the place of science and technology in international relations through early attempts at international governance of aviation and atomic energy.

Explores the place of science and technology in international relations through early attempts at international governance of aviation and atomic energy.

New translation of the Natural History''s opening books giving an influential Roman perspective on the natural world and geography.

Celebrates the creativity of humanity by examining the history of technology as a strategy to solve real-world problems.

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

Examines the historical development of the conceptual design process of the airplane through six case studies.

Examines the historical development of the conceptual design process of the airplane through six case studies.

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Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle''s biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle''s biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.