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History of engineering & technology titles - 1,826 results

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David G. Fubini

Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: science, technology & engineering; Warfare & defence; History of engineering & technology

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A physics prodigy who fled Italy when the fascists came to power, Eugene Fubini was lifted from obscurity to the highest levels... [more]

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Memoirs of a Hayseed Physicist

Memoirs of a Hayseed Physicist

Peter Martel

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Memoirs; Physics; History of engineering & technology

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Coming from humble origins, the protagonist in these memoirs was completely innocent of the fact that like all human endeavors,... [more]

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An Autobiography: 1920-2000

An Autobiography: 1920-2000

Alvin F. Meyer

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; History of engineering & technology

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Meyer has lived life to it's fullest, and now, with an octogenarian's complacency, he walks down memory lane to gather the... [more]

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Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations Reconsidered

Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations...

Francesca Bray

Asian history; Social & cultural history; Material culture; Ethnic studies; History of engineering & technology

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What can the history of technology contribute to our understanding of late imperial China? Most stories about technology in... [more]

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Solar System: Great Astronomers

Solar System: Great Astronomers

The Editors of Salem Press

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; History of engineering & technology

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This single includes biographies of great astronomers such as Galileo Galilei, Edmund Halley, Stephan Hawking, and Carl Sagan.... [more]

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Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security

Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security...

Professor Mark Finlay

History of the Americas; History of science; History of engineering & technology

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Growing American Rubber explores America's quest during tense decades of the twentieth century to identify a viable source... [more]

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Patently Contestable: Electrical Technologies and Inventor Identities on Trial in Britain

Patently Contestable: Electrical Technologies and Inventor Identities on...

Graeme Gooday, Stathis Arapostathis

Regional government policies; Legal history; Patents law; History of engineering & technology; Energy technology & engineering; Legal aspects of computing

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Late nineteenth-century Britain saw an extraordinary surge in patent disputes over the new technologies of electrical power,... [more]

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Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet

Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet

Finn Brunton

History of engineering & technology; Computing: general; Electronic mail (email): professional; Network security

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The vast majority of all email sent every day is spam, a variety of idiosyncratically spelled requests to provide account... [more]

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Androids in the Enlightenment: Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self

Androids in the Enlightenment: Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the...

Adelheid Voskuhl

Music reviews & criticism; European history; History of science; History of engineering & technology

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The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were... [more]

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Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity

Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity

David Arnold

Asian history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Industrialisation & industrial history; Economic history; History of science; History of engineering & technology

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An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday... [more]

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Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations Reconsidered

Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China: Great Transformations...

Francesca Bray

Asian history; Social & cultural history; Material culture; Ethnic studies; History of engineering & technology

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What can the history of technology contribute to our understanding of late imperial China? Most stories about technology in... [more]

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James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters

James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters

Karen Hunger Parshall

Biography: science, technology & engineering; History of medicine; Algebra; History of mathematics; History of science; History of engineering & technology

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James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) was one of the great mathematicians of the 19th century. For the first time 140 letters... [more]

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American Men & Women of Science: 8 Volume Set

American Men & Women of Science: 8 Volume Set

Andrea Henderson

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Directories; History of engineering & technology

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Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life & Times of the Apple II Computer

Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life & Times of the Apple II Computer

Steven Weyhrich

History of engineering & technology; Computing: general; Macintosh

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Despite humble beginnings, today Apple, Inc. enjoys unprecedented popularity and prosperity with its products, and is a major... [more]

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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

George Dyson

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Science: general issues; History of science; History of engineering & technology; Computing: general; Computer science

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In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,... [more]

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William Armstrong: Magician of the North

William Armstrong: Magician of the North

Henrietta Heald

Biography: historical, political & military; Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; British & Irish history; Engineering: general; History of engineering & technology

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Magician of the North is the first full-scale biography of this extraordinary man. William George Armstrong was a visionary... [more]

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The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888-1923

The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888-1923

Stephen C. Sambrook

Armaments industries; History of engineering & technology

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Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions provides an... [more]

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Contemporary Biographies in Physics

Contemporary Biographies in Physics

The Editors of Salem Press

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Science: general issues; History of engineering & technology

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A companion to Careers in Physics, this series offers biological profiles of important figures in the world of physics. Plus,... [more]

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Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood

Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's...

John Soennichsen

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; History of the Americas; Geology & the lithosphere; Natural disasters; History of engineering & technology

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Conventional geologic thinking always said that the landscape between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains -- a unique place characterized... [more]

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Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity

Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity

Julie Des Jardins

Autobiography: general; Autobiography: historical, political & military; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Gender studies: women; Sociology: family & relationships; Engineering: general; History of engineering & technology

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<p>An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way... [more]

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Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence

Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence

George B Dyson

Evolution; Biodiversity; History of engineering & technology; Computing: general

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<p>As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's... [more]

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Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision

Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision

David Kaiser

Higher & further education, tertiary education; Universities; History of science; History of engineering & technology

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The evolution of MIT, as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the years. [more]

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Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing Exploratorium

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing...

K.C. Cole

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; History of science; Physics; History of engineering & technology

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Frank Oppenheimer, the younger brother of the physicist J Robert Oppenheimer used his own intellectual inquisitiveness to... [more]

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Deus in Machina: Religion, Technology, and the Things in Between

Deus in Machina: Religion, Technology, and the Things in Between

Jeremy Stolow

Religion & science; History of religion; Media studies; History of science; Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology

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Outlines new directions for the study of religion and/as technology that will resonate across the human sciences [more]

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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest

The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest

Jack Nisbet

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; History of the Americas; History of science; Botany & plant sciences; History of engineering & technology

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Jack Nisbet first told the story of British explorer David Thompson, who mapped the Columbia River, in his acclaimed book... [more]

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