History of Engineering & Technology

In 1998 Rolls-Royce celebrated the 60th anniversary of the opening of its Crewe factory, the home of the company's car production since World War I...

This collection of essays reflects the author's decades-long dedication to studying the interplay between mechanics and architecture. It explores h...

We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?For decades we've ...

In this volume, leading scholars of photography and media examine photographys vital role in the evolution of media and communication in the ninete...

This book takes a philosophical look at traditional technological tools such as hammers and drills as well as the modern: autonomous cars, ChatGPT,...

This volume showcases the valuable achievements of the Romanian technology and industry worldwide. It started from the premise that the history of ...

Today, there exists an integrated, large-scale satellite system to track sea-level rise, its speed, causes, and impacts. Building it was a struggle...

A fascinating account of how the United States established the first global satellite communications system to project geopolitical leadership duri...

Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string ...