History of engineering and technology

This book places the contemporary fear of climate change in historical perspective, showing that throughout human history the dominant perspective on the future has been one of fear.

This book describes in an easily accessible way how artificial intelligence (AI) will help us to overcome the ongoing rise in complexity and thus shape our lives and work in a not-too-distant future.

This book provides a history of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), a large Britain- based chemical firm which was a major industrial player in the twentieth century.

Eine Geschichte über Hochschulpolitik und Konkurrenzkampf im Zeichen des Nationalsozialismus.

Die Wassermühle mit Wasserrad ist heute noch vom Mythos einer vorindustriellen Form der Energiegewinnung umsponnen.

This book provides a detailed examination of the questions that preoccupied British alienists throughout the second half of the nineteenth century.

This book offers a journey into the history of pioneering Israeli women in electronic computing and explores the impact these women had on the annals of Israeli computing history.

This book offers a journey into the history of pioneering Israeli women in electronic computing and explores the impact these women had on the annals of Israeli computing history.

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 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 comprehensive book presents an analytical journey through the relationship between water and Latin American societies, offering an engineering perspective on historical water resource utilization.

This collection of essays reflects the author's decades-long dedication to studying the interplay between mechanics and architecture.

This collection of essays reflects the author's decades-long dedication to studying the interplay between mechanics and architecture.

Modern information technology permeates and transforms our world-far more intensely than most of us realize.

Modern information technology permeates and transforms our world-far more intensely than most of us realize.

The military's focus on innovation and problem-solving has led to the creation of numerous items and technologies that have transcended the battlefield and become commonplace in our daily lives.

The former Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire, India remains, by any measure, a major economic and political actor on the world scene.

Epidemic cinema remains an enduring genre of contemporary film, ranging from medical dramas to post-apocalyptic thrillers.

This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around.

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.

This textbook presents a fascinating review of cryptography and cryptanalysis, from the earliest known cryptographic systems of 2,500 years ago up to modern computer-based systems.

The military's focus on innovation and problem-solving has led to the creation of numerous items and technologies that have transcended the battlefield and become commonplace in our daily lives.

This comprehensive book presents an analytical journey through the relationship between water and Latin American societies, offering an engineering perspective on historical water resource utilization.

This book provides an overview of American aviation from 1903 to 1941, covering major developments in aviation technology.