History of engineering and technology

An expansive analysis of the relationship between human and machine in music.

This is the 16th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates.

Is it possible to design robots and other machines that can reproduce and evolve?

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 glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world.

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

This book takes a philosophical look at traditional technological tools such as hammers and drills as well as the modern: autonomous cars, ChatGPT, smartphones, apps, steam engines, nuclear power plants, computers, and many other systems that surround us.

This book explores the US patent system, which helped practical minded innovators establish intellectual property rights and fulfill the need for achievement that motivates inventors and scholars alike.

From Oracle Bones to Computers not only provides a succinct yet in-depth account of the development of writing technologies in the five thousand years of China's history but also develops an operationalized model of rhetorical analysis that can be applied to the study of any writing technology development.

This organizational history relates the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the development of modern computing.

The technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial adventures of Frank J.

This book presents the first-ever comprehensive analysis of ASEAN space development programs.

This book offers an analysis of the formation of contemporary hospital systems between the mid-19th century and the mid-20th century.

This monograph presents a synopsis of fluid dynamics based on the personal scientific experience of the author who has contributed immensely to the field.

If you love your tools, want to understand them, look after them, own the very best, and use them effectively, then this is the book for you.

The book highlights women's contributions to science, which have often been marginalized and overlooked throughout history.

Of the 121,000 people on donor lists in the U.

The collision of new technologies, changing business strategies, and innovative storytelling that produced a new golden age of TV.

This is the story of a seductive idea.

The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.

Like many of the traditional medicines of South Asia, Ayurvedic practice transformed dramatically in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This book tells the story of how the science of computational multiphase flow began in an effort to better analyze hypothetical light water power reactor accidents, including the "e;loss of coolant"e; accident.

In  the concluding chapters of this book the author introduces GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine.

Uber is one of the most innovative companies of our time.

Imagine living in 1958, and knowing that the integrated circuit--the microchip--was about to be invented, and would revolutionize the world.

The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology to other aspects of life and showing how technological development is affected by the society in which it occurred.

An archaeology of innovation is the first monograph-length investigation of innovation and the innovation process from an archaeological perspective.

Knowledge matters, and states have a stake in managing its movement to protect a variety of local and national interests.

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

When viewed through a political lens, the act of defining terms in natural language arguably transforms knowledge into values.

Implosion is a focused study of the history and uses of high-reliability, solid-state electronics, military standards, and space systems that support our national security and defense.

Fifty years after the first experiments in computational art, international interest in the history of this subject remains strong and at the same time almost uncovered.

Der Technikhistoriker Thomas Schuetz vergleicht die Uhrenindustrie in den diametral entgegengesetzten Staats- und Wirtschaftssystemen von BRD und DDR.

This witty and inspiring book chronicles the long history of discovery and ingenuity which gave rise to a “eureka moment” when a dream of invention became a reality for the first time Tracing the long pre-history of five twentieth-century inventions which have transformed our lives, Gavin Weightman reveals a fantastic cast of scientists and inspired amateurs whose ingenuity has given us the airplane, television, bar code, personal computer, and mobile phone.

How culture shapes the design and use of technologyand how we can resist the one-size-fits-all approach to technology designRobots that encroach on your personal space, baffling emojis, a chatbot that gives you an answer that seems terribly rudedoes any of this sound familiar?

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

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.

This book traces the career of pioneering South African plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Jack Penn, from its beginnings during the Second World War.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, American cities began to go dark.

In September 1969, several months after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, President Richard M.

'It's rare for a book to make you see the world differently, but this .

In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success.

This engaging work provides a concise introduction to the exciting world of computing, encompassing the theory, technology, history, and societal impact of computer software and computing devices.

This book, beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photography, is a celebration of UCL's unique collections, with leading academics from the university invited to select and write about an object each found inspiring.