History of Engineering & Technology

A gorgeous, sweeping epic ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose'WASHINGTON POST One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY S...

A humanist manifesto for the age of AIArtificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AIs power grows, so does th...

In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, histo...

From its inception over 100 years ago, fingerprint technology has come a long way. This book provides background on and traces the recent history o...

Informaticathe updated edition of Alex Wright's previously published Glutcontinues the journey through the history of the information age to show h...

The enduring story of Thomas Watson Jr.-a figure more important to the creation of the modern world than Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and MorganNearly ...

In Engines, the always entertaining and informative Theodore Gray explores the glorious guts and intricate innards of dozens of impressive machines...

A Next Big Idea Club Must Read for December 2023 As all aspects of our social and informational lives increasingly migrate online, the line between...

Redefines modern lyric poetry at the intersection of literary and media studies.In The Lyre Book, Matthew Kilbane urges literary scholars to consid...

This is the third and final book about the North American B-25 Mitchell in service. The Volumes 1 and 2 of Mitchell Masterpieces dealt with the B-2...

Technology is and has always been the subject of critical debate. This wide-ranging, engaging book examines the ideas of Anglo-Canadian theorists w...

Long before karaokes ubiquity and the rise of global brands such as Sony, Japan was a place where new audio technologies found eager users and cont...

A revealing genealogy of image-recognition techniques and technologies  Todays most advanced neural networks and sophisticated image-analysis metho...