History of engineering and technology

Vehicular communication is a key technology in intelligent transportation systems.

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development of a scientific culture between the years 1600-1800.

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.

Dieses Buch stellt die Entwicklung der Energiewirtschaft in Ostdeutschland während der Zeit nach dem 2.

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

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

This book offers an analysis of multinational enterprise throughout the world by examining the spread of electrification.

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

This collection of original essays documents technologys centrality to the history of early America.

This penetrating examination of a paradox of colonial rule shows how the massive transfers of technology--including equipment, techniques, and experts--from the European imperial powers to their colonies in Asia and Africa resulted not in industrialization but in underdevelopment.

The most prolific inventor in American history, Thomas Edison played a major role in creating industries that have altered life around the globe: electric light and power, recorded sound and motion pictures.

In the early 1970s, a German study estimated that women expended as many calories cleaning their coal-mining husbands' work clothes as their husbands did working below ground, arguably making the home as much a site of industrialized work as factories and mines.

Did you ever wonder which civilisation first took to water in small craft?

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 4th IFIP WG 9.

A landmark history of early radio in Germany and the quest for broadcast fidelityWhen we turn on a radio or stream a playlist, we can usually recognize the instrument we hear, whether it's a cello, a guitar, or an operatic voice.

For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "e;theater of the mind.

From the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the pivotal effects of inventions on society, providing a fascinating history of technology and innovations in the United States from the earliest European colonization to the present.

While political and social historians have made great progress in trying to understand the making of modern Greece by studying * politics and power struggles, little attention has been given TO the co-evolution of the Greek state and the technologies that were developed during this period.

A concise history of GPS, from its military origins to its commercial applications and ubiquity in everyday life.

This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies.

The present age is sometimes called the Scientific Age.

Queer Techn offers an intimate portrait of the practices, embodied knowledge, desires, and friendships that animate the technical innovation of early digital computing.

Today, computers fulfil a dazzling array of roles, a flexibility resulting from the great range of programs that can be run on them.

How, despite thirty years of effort, Soviet attempts to build a national computer network were undone by socialists who seemed to behave like capitalists.

Today technology has created a world of dazzling progress, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and looming threats to the environment.

What made it possible for the human species to conquer the world, build a global digital economy, and still want more?

This important volume examines European perspectives on the historical relations that women have maintained with information and communication technologies (ICTs), since the telegraph.

This book illuminates what engineering is and how it relates to other disciplines such as art, architecture, law,  economics, science, technology, and even religion.

Autos and Progress reinterprets twentieth-century Brazilian history through automobiles, using them as a window for understanding the nation's struggle for modernity in the face of its massive geographical size, weak central government, and dependence on agricultural exports.

The history of the American gun is intricately entwined with the history of America itself.

Unless you are a specialist or watch a lot of obscure YouTube videos you have probably never heard of He II or superfluid helium.

This book presents a historical and philosophical analysis of programming systems, intended as large computational systems like, for instance, operating systems, programmed to control processes.

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

This "e;intriguing"e; look at the sixteenth president's telegraph usage during the Civil War "e;revisits a familiar hero, but does so from an utterly new perspective"e; (Ken Burns).

When Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, limits on NASA funding and the lack of direction under the Nixon and Carter administrations had left the U.

This volume provides an overview of current research in the history of Italian technology in the long run, from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century.

This book provides a detailed history of theUnited States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(USNC/TAM) of the US National Academies, the relationship between the USNC/TAMand IUTAM, and a review of the many mechanicians who developed the field overtime.

A penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon"e;Absolutely fascinating .

The genesis of the digital idea and why it transformed civilizationA few short decades ago, we were informed by the smooth signals of analog television and radio; we communicated using our analog telephones; and we even computed with analog computers.

This edited volume discusses scientific and technological aspects of the history of the oil and gas industry in national and international contexts.

This is the story of Rupert T.

The years between roughly 1760 and 1810, a period stretching from the rise of Joseph Haydn's career to the height of Ludwig van Beethoven's, are often viewed as a golden age for musical culture, when audiences started to revel in the sounds of the concert hall.

This is the first book in a three-part series that traces the development of the GPU.

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

This book is a unique attempt to capture the growing societal experience of living in an age unlike anything the world has ever seen.