History of engineering & technology books

""The Eads Bridge and its protagonists provide new perspectives on the Gilded Age at large""--  Read More >>

The new biography from Walter Isaacson, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs.   Read More >>

"Embark on a Timeless Adventure Across the Seas Step aboard the majestic RMS *Olympic*, a marvel of maritime engineering...  Read More >>

We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and...  Read More >>

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PAUL BOSC D'ANTIC was a Protestant physician who became fascinated by glass making and gained influential friends...  Read More >>

""Comprising eight revised essays and seven new pieces, this work provides a comprehensive resource for students,...  Read More >>

Since the 1880s, electrical energies started circulating in European theaters, generated from fossil fuels in urban...  Read More >>

Offers a comprehensive, illustrated history that shows Alabama’s important role in the development of America’s...  Read More >>

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This volume collects contributions on leading figures in mechanism and machine science (MMS) from Spain and Ibero-America...  Read More >>

This book traces the life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), who is rightly revered as one of the greatest...  Read More >>

This book explores the key conceptual stakes underpinning historical epistemology. The strong Anglophone interest...  Read More >>

In the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a spate of low carbon hydropower...  Read More >>

India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley...  Read More >>

Universal history has transmitted through generations the legacy of Sir Francis Bacon regarding knowledge... ""knowledge...  Read More >>

""A toolkit for doctoral students in engineering on thesis- and journal-article preparation, IP filings, collaborations,...  Read More >>

Traveling through Time While Montana's roadside historical markers give motorists an introduction to the state's...  Read More >>

This manual has been designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the primary theoretical and practical...  Read More >>

""[An] enthralling debut…a beguiling history of Southern California, early industrial development, and U.S. empire.""...  Read More >>

En nuestra sociedad contemporánea, los sistemas informáticos se han convertido en el pilar central en torno al cual...  Read More >>

Everyone loves antique wooden boats, but few people today know the history behind these handcrafted beauties, many...  Read More >>

"Mathematics and aviation have gone hand in hand since the dawn of time. From the first flight of the Wright brothers,...  Read More >>

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On December 28th, 1583, the Elizabethan merchant galleon Ann Francis, returning from Spain, carrying smuggled gold...  Read More >>