History of engineering and technology

A major biography of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London.

Noch vor 25 Jahren musste jede Drucksache und jeder Katalog von Grafikern gestaltet, von Setzern gesetzt, von Fotografen bebildert, von Repro-Anstalten produziert und von Akzidenzdruckern gedruckt werden.

Der Trecker hat die Landwirtschaft revolutioniert.

Wie Schach beliebter wurde als je zuvorSchach hatte lange Zeit ein altmodisches Image und wurde mit bebrillten, schüchternen Männern und exzentrischen russischen Genies in Verbindung gebracht.

Millions of people have listened to John H.

Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.

A remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disastersEvery phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone.

Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.

What happens when a graduate of MIT, the bastion of technological advancement, and his bride move to a community so primitive in its technology that even Amish groups consider it antiquated?

From the best-selling author of THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS and THE LOST KING OF FRANCE comes the story of how our modern world was forged - in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination.

In his time Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the world's greatest engineer.

The air war over the critical Eastern Front is illustrated with 120 specially selected and informatively captioned photographs in this striking new book.

For all who have found the Bible difficult to read and science hard to understand, this author did too!

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

From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industrys efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels.

This book reflects the many changes that computer graphics technology has under gone in my working life time.

He and his team are sent to Cairo in 1979 to plan the modernization of Egypts phone service.

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The book is first in English language highlighting the memoirs of a world renowned powder metallurgist .

In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand.

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

This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport.

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The ongoing battle between free individuals and our moribund institutions for the control of information resources, information technology and information systems began with the sexual gods.

The essential text on the early works of the famed nineteenth-century inventor, featuring hundreds of detailed illustrations.

A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley crew of rocket scientists in this ';fascinating journey of discovery peppered with humor' (Publishers Weekly).

Donny Petersen feels honored to share the wealth of his motorcycle knowledge and technical expertise.

Donny Petersen, who studied privately with Harley-Davidson engineers, shares practical knowledge and street-wise tips in the fifth volume of his unauthorized guide on the best motorcycle maker in the world.

This book portrays life inside a General Motors factory in the 1970s.

The American 'spy' aircraft, the SR-71 'Blackbird' was deliberately designed to be the world's fastest and highest-flying aircraft and has never been approached since.

Henry Bournes scientific career spanned four decades of rapidly expanding progress in experimental biology, accelerated by the DNA revolution of the 1980s.

In 1973, Dr.

Have you ever been far away from city lights and noticed the stars like diamonds in the sky?

Cities are a big deal.

LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019__________________'A much-needed antidote to pervasive pessimism' Financial Times'An ode to the ways in which engineering has improved human civilisation' John Hennessy, Chairman, Alphabet__________________Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives.

This ebook does not include illustrations.

In the early twentieth century a movement flourished in the Midwestern states bordering the Great Lakes to champion the St.

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017Successful Canadians write about failure, and how it got them where they are today.

A delightful and fascinating social history of Victorians at leisure, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of nineteenth-century men and women, from the author of the bestselling 'The Victorian House'.

This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi OliverAn eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and technology are changing what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a SoldierHarry Parker's life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan.

The thrilling stories of those who looked to the skies and dared to dream of flight 'Gripping dazzling tales of madness and derring do.

Published to coincide with the opening of the new Museum of The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in October, this is an edited collection of articles unearthed in the regimental archives.

Software is more important than ever today and yet its commercial value is steadily declining.

Karl Maramorosch may be best known for his accomplishments as a top scientist, but the story of how he became such a success has never been tolduntil now.

From bachelorhood to fatherhood…in an instant!