History of Marine Architecture
With naval experience and contacts, John Charnock (1756–1807) embarked on research into...
EAN: 9781108084123
History of Marine Architecture
With naval experience and contacts, John Charnock (1756–1807) embarked on research into...
EAN: 9781108084116
Life of John Metcalf
Blinded by smallpox at the age of six, John Metcalf (1717–1810), popularly known as 'Blind Jack...
EAN: 9781108079136
Neanderthal Man
A preeminent geneticist hunts the Neanderthal genome to answer the biggest question of them all:...
EAN: 9780465054954
History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain
In this 1835 work, journalist and MP Edward Baines surveys cotton manufacture from its origins to...
EAN: 9781108080934
Scientific Papers and Addresses of the Hon. Sir Charles A. Parsons
Originally published in 1934, this book contains a collection of papers written by Sir Charles...
EAN: 9781107502024
Human Age
A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our...
EAN: 9780755365012
Background to Modern Science
Originally published in 1938, this book contains the text of ten lectures arranged by the History...
EAN: 9781107495005
One Story of Radar
Originally published in 1948, this book contains one man's story of working for the...
EAN: 9781107494794
Technology and the Search for Progress in Modern Mexico
Drawing on three detailed case studies the sewing machine, a glass bottle blowing factory, and...
EAN: 9780520284890
Enduring Quest
Describes how industrial engineering evolved by developing methods and principles for the...
EAN: 9781557535443
Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at...
EAN: 9780691165615
Faxed
Tells the history of the facsimile machine. The author recounts the multigenerational,...
EAN: 9781421415918
Early Days of the Power Station Industry
First published in 1940, this book describes how the power industry originated and describes the...
EAN: 9781107475045
Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine
Published in 1822, this is an early overview of the history of the steam engine, although very...
EAN: 9781108071031
Dictatorship of the Air
Focusing on one of the last untold chapters in the history of human flight, Dictatorship of the...
EAN: 9780521859578
Emergence of Agriculture
This first volume of the One World Archaeology series compiles key papers by leaders in the field...
EAN: 9780415404457
Reprogramming Japan
How have state policies influenced the development of Japan's telecommunications, computer...
EAN: 9780801441875
Exploring the Black Box
This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and the processes by...
EAN: 9780521452700
Technological Change
In this volume, scholars from these two very different traditions are brought together. Never...
EAN: 9789057023378
Fusion
Using the personal recollections of the scientists involved, this book traces the little-known...
EAN: 9780521024952
Broken Genius
This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the...
EAN: 9781403988157
Engineering Disasters
Shows that there is always something to be learned from disasters.
EAN: 9781860584596
I Know You Got Soul
Tells about the machines that the author believes have 'soul'. In this book, the author tells...
EAN: 9780141022925