History of engineering and technology

Daniel Brandau legt eine umfassend recherchierte Kulturgeschichte der deutschen Raumfahrtbegeisterung vor – und schildert, wie Technikenthusiasmus in Skepsis umschlug.

This book offers a description of the evolution of cams and their uses from the Middle Ages to the present day, highlighting their contribution to the development of technology.

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 presents critical evaluations of various historical sources and their impact on technological development.

A humanist manifesto for the age of AIArtificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time.

Henry Petroski demuestra en este ensayo que el avance tecnológico y la mejora en el diseño es más una reacción ante la frustración por algo que no funciona bien, que una forma de responder a nuevas necesidades.

Being a dad is a 365-day job.

This is a retrospective on the five plus years I spent working at a high level in the North Carolina state government, my service as chairman of a congressionally established committee responsible for the development of a set of national forest planning regulations, and my thirteen years of service in North Carolinas coastal management commission.

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.

Discover the history behind the amazing machines that power our world, and the inventors that created them, in this mini children's encyclopedia to the story of inventions.

It is November 6, 1920, in Chilean Patagonia when Oriana Josseau is born into a lively family with two grandparents, two parents, and sixteen young aunts and uncles, most within easy reach of her robust cries.

This book is an inspirational, humorous description of my life from a hard core juvenile delinquent to a top executive in a major corporation.

There's probably a good chance that you've turned on your television, computer, or an appliance without giving much thought about the electric grid.

Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus.

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke became a pioneer in the digital universe twenty-seven years ago, when she logged in to the LexisNexis research service as a first-year law student at Howard University School of Law.

The author compares five primitive life forms from the Burgess Shale of over 500,000,000 years ago to five new technologies invented or developed in the first decade of the twentieth century in terms of their development and importance both in the past and for the future.

Albert Lamarre never imagined that one day he would stare down the barrel of a shotgun pointed at him by a Texas ranchers daughter.

Edward O.

This book is a true adventure story, a lovestory, and a tale that has some meaning.

Now retired, author Dr.

Programmed by Deception Eye of the Remote Series II is a sequel to Ms.

Ernest Baldini started out as a bullied kid in Detroit, and he could have easily slipped into a life of mediocrity.

However well our boys do in the 2014 World Cup, we can be sure that English pride will be riding higher than ever.

This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to identify military support aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army during the Second World War.

Everyone has a dream, but it can often be difficult to find the inspiration to pursue our dreams and fulfill our greatest hopesespecially when we are young and lack experience.

The book is a collection of stories: assignments from a long and enjoyable engineering career as well as anecdotes and experiences from summer jobs, vacations, and consulting.

In this short, compelling memoir that will appeal to both general readers and fellow scientists, Harry S.

From his birth on the West Bank of the Jordan River in Palestine in 1950 to present-day Texas, A Space Mind narrates the story of Ross Abotteen.

It's easy to see that building the Egyptian pyramids using a ramp would have been impractical and too labor intensive to make sense.

Corvette C 2 tells the story about the creation of the 1963 Model Corvette that has become the icon of the Corvette line.

It is progress that guarantees existence.