History of Engineering & Technology

Sergio Chejfec is an admirable writer. Patti SmithCould anyone possibly believe that writing doesnt exist? It would be like denying the existence o...

50 Women in Technology is a full-colour book celebrating female pioneers and trailblazers in STEM. It features 25 extraordinary women scientists fr...

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearThe most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Victorian icon, engineer, artist, architect, designer and visionary, entrepreneur and celebrity. His astounding feats chan...

New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich pulls back the curtain on the most volatile, complex, and bizarre corporate takeover in history: Elon...

Women have played a vital role in the development of computing, although at times their participation has gone unrecognised. Their scholarly invent...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

The definitive history of the Porsche 991-series 911s, with all major markets looked at in detail to cover all variants and put the story into pers...

The book examines a century of civil aviation; in 1919 a fledgling industry was born out of civilianizing First World War bombers. The book covers ...

Why exactly is the Earth round? How is it that boomerangs can turn in mid-air? And why do cats always land on their feet? Its time to stop think...

THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR This absorbing collective biography of the genius Nobel family reveals how the Nobels business and pers...

What exactly is White Elephant Technology?White Elephant Technology is any unusual invention past or present that fails in the marketplace despite ...

An extraordinary history PETER ACKROYD, The TimesA lively account of (Bazalgettes) magnificent achievements. . . graphically illustrated HERMIONE H...

The ancient Sahara has often been treated as a periphery or barrier, but this agenda-setting book the final volume of the Trans-Saharan Archaeolog...

This witty and inspiring book chronicles the long history of discovery and ingenuity which gave rise to a eureka moment when a dream of invention b...

A timely and powerful must-read on how the big tech companies are damaging our culture and what we can do to fight their influenceFour titanic cor...

Technology and Society: A World History explores the creative power of humanity from the age of stone tools to the digital revolution. It introduce...

From the former chief economist of the FCC, a remarkable history of the U.S. government's regulation of the airwaves Popular legend has it that bef...

**Available for pre-order: Whistleblower Frances Haugen's searing exposé of the internal workings of Facebook revealing the company's struggles to ...