History of engineering and technology

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.

Extrait : "Au milieu des efforts incessants qui se produisent sur tous les points de 'Europe pour découvrir de nouveaux éléments de richesse ; quand on considère l'activité, l'intelligence avec lesquelles mille agents artificiels sont mis en mouvement pour décupler les forces motrices et les agents producteurs, il n'est rien d'aussi pénible que de voir une vaste contrée, à laquelle le ciel a prodigué les faveurs d'un climat chaud et d'une terre féconde.

Extrait : "À proprement parler, le téléphone n'est qu'un instrument apte à transmettre les sons à distance, et l'idée de cette transmission est aussi ancienne que le monde.

This book explores the key conceptual stakes underpinning historical epistemology.

Extrait : "La substance que l'on doit employer de préférence est le résidu qu'on obtient par l'évaporation de l'huile essentielle de lavande, appliqué en couche très mince, par le moyen de sa dissolution dans l'alcool.

An immersive account of a commercial fishing disaster at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suskind as ';an honest and touching book, and a hell of a story.

Handwritten over four years from maximum-security federal prison cells, The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets and Sacraments, is a unique work of psychedelic literature that explores the potential of human cognition.

Based on the past 30-years' research on the technical and cultural values of China's Grand Canal, this book, based on interdisciplinary research, studies the natural and social background of the evolution and development of different sections of the Grand Canal in different historical periods, as well as the interrelations between the Grand Canal and the Chinese politics, economics, and culture.

In MY WATERY SELF: AN AQUATIC MEMOIR, author/scientist Stephen Spotte traces a fascinating trail through a life that began in West Virgina coal camps, drifted through reckless bohemian times of countercultural indulgence in Beach Haven, New Jersey, and led to a career as a highly-respected marine biologist.

A tributary of the Ohio River and significant commercial route in the nineteenth century, the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio presents a remarkable case study of how Americans have managed their waterways.

A tributary of the Ohio River and significant commercial route in the nineteenth century, the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio presents a remarkable case study of how Americans have managed their waterways.

Emory Kemp is the founder and director of the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology at West Virginia University, where he also served as a chair and professor of civil engineering and a professor of history.

Emory Kemp is the founder and director of the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology at West Virginia University, where he also served as a chair and professor of civil engineering and a professor of history.

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.

Histories of Technology, the Environment, and Modern Britain brings together historians with a wide range of interests to take a uniquely wide-lens view of how technology and the environment have been intimately and irreversibly entangled in Britain over the last 300 years.

How many of history's great characters can really say they changed the world?

Karl Bodenschatz was the Richthofen squadron adjutant.

A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO).

An illustrated history of the evolution of British women''s cycle wear.

Science is the great intellectual adventure, but can also be an instrument of profit, power, and privilege.

DeepSeek Millionaire: The Ultimate Guide to AI-Driven Business and Financial FreedomUnlock the keys to financial independence and thrive in the AI-powered economy.

Whilst living in Liverpool, Britain's second most heavily bombed city during World War II, the author experienced at first-hand the terrible effects of the war on the civilian population and when studying at Cambridge he witnessed the American heavy bombers and their fighter escorts flying to attack targets in Germany and occupied Europe.

It is now 35 years since the death of Professor Joan Woodward, one of the founding figures of organization studies.

A narrative history of glass from discovery, through antiquity, the Enlightenment, the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions to the present.

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

*Shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Award for Graphic Novels*'A love letter to gaming in all its forms - from board games, to role-play, to virtual reality and video games.

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

A delightful and often humerous account of life with the Triumph motorcycle company in its heyday.

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

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

In Internet for the People, leading tech writer Ben Tarnoff offers an answer.

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

One day in the spring of 2013, a box appeared outside a fourth-floor apartment door in Brooklyn, New York.

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.

MG was a home-grown concept that became an international success, bringing the small market town of Abingdon onto the global map.

Carroll Shelby, legendary driving ace, race team owner, and designer of Shelby Cobra, Daytona, and Mustang GT350 classics is revered by automotive enthusiasts, yet little has been written about the last quarter century of Carroll Shelby's life.

History is a weapon.

History is a weapon.

Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution.

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.