History of engineering & technology books

How telecom companies in India have added a whole new group of mobile phone users-and the tremendous impact of this...  Read More >>

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.7 International Workshop on the History of Computing,...  Read More >>

This volume chronicles the history of 280 steamboats built between 1810 and 1936 along a 60-mile stretch of the...  Read More >>

Far from a sudden technological revolution, everyday AI emerged through decades of cultural conditioning of smart...  Read More >>

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An illustrated study of Japan’s Nagato-class battleships: the IJN’s powerful super-dreadnoughts, which were heavily...  Read More >>

Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economy...  Read More >>

Fuckup Almanac, Vol I explores how digital systems fail, using nearly 100 real-world case studies and 28 explainers...  Read More >>

Fuckup Almanac, Vol I explores how digital systems fail, using nearly 100 real-world case studies and 28 explainers...  Read More >>

On April 1, 1976, two scruffy twentysomethings, both named Steve, founded a startup. Their goal: To bring the revolutionary...  Read More >>

All aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard-working and wildly influential Northeast Corridor. Traversed...  Read More >>

This book explores the industrialisation and globalisation of foodways via the prism of three commodities: sugar,...  Read More >>

A thrilling investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin's creator and a deep dive into crypto's utopian...  Read More >>

This book traces the political genealogy of railways from their introduction in the heyday of railway imperialism...  Read More >>

A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progress The history of technology is often...  Read More >>

Shoulders of Giants traces how mathematical thought came to structure human understanding of the natural world -...  Read More >>

A radical history of technology told through acts of resistance, not progress The history of technology is often...  Read More >>

Tracing the cultural history of play-from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous...  Read More >>

Tracking the nineteenth-century photographer Félix Nadar's many claims to technical priority, Inventing Nadar examines...  Read More >>

First published in 1951, A Century of Technology focuses on technology—the application of science to industry.The...  Read More >>

Tracing the cultural history of play-from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous...  Read More >>

Tracking the nineteenth-century photographer Félix Nadar's many claims to technical priority, Inventing Nadar examines...  Read More >>

A history of the engineering marvels behind one of America's most innovative and beloved entertainment experiences...  Read More >>

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Explores how researchers used systems for recording human movement to navigate the relationship between mind and...  Read More >>