History of engineering and technology

A journey in the history of science across the shifting religious, epistemic, and technical practices on a remarkable sixteenth-century voyage.

Places the British Industrial Revolution in global context, providing a fresh perspective on the relationship between technology and society.

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

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

The authors explore the influence of Freud''s thinking on twentieth-century intellectual and scientific life within Cambridge and beyond.

The authors explore the influence of Freud''s thinking on twentieth-century intellectual and scientific life within Cambridge and beyond.

An historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today.

An historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today.

The book examines the movement of people, artefacts and technologies across the Mediterranean - a key arena for studying ancient mobilities.

The book examines the movement of people, artefacts and technologies across the Mediterranean - a key arena for studying ancient mobilities.

Focuses on the operatic soprano as the diva and her relationships with technology from the 1820s to the digital age.

Focuses on the operatic soprano as the diva and her relationships with technology from the 1820s to the digital age.

This book explores the human-engineered flooding of China''s Yellow River, and how it affected the state, environment, and inhabitants of the region.

A nuanced understanding of modernization in nineteenth-century Brazil that demonstrates Brazilian commitment to technological innovation.

This book explores the human-engineered flooding of China''s Yellow River, and how it affected the state, environment, and inhabitants of the region.

A nuanced understanding of modernization in nineteenth-century Brazil that demonstrates Brazilian commitment to technological innovation.

This book analyzes the rhetorical and visual strategies used in technical texts and non-technical literature to describe technological artifacts.

This book analyzes the rhetorical and visual strategies used in technical texts and non-technical literature to describe technological artifacts.

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.

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.

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'.

Este libro se enfoca en las transformaciones de las políticas que afectaron al sistema público de investigación científica entre 1980 y 2021, ocupándose del análisis de organismos públicos e instrumentos transversales que permean a las distintas instituciones involucradas.

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

How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption?