History of Engineering & Technology

The String Book opens with a note about an 8,000-year-old piece of string that was found at a Stone Age settlement in England, about which the edit...

This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick''s first experimental road en...

Women have won their political independence. Now is the time for them to achieve their economic freedom too.This was the great rallying cry of the ...

The partnership of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace was one that would change science forever. They were an unlikely pair one the professor son of...

Extraordinary engineering; extraordinary places: this book takes you on a fascinating journey to visit marvellous engineering and technological ach...

With the recent landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, it seems safe to assume that the idea of being curious is alive and well in modern science--th...

One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nomin...

'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times 'Standage writes with a masterly clarity' New...

Examples of enduring feats of civil engineering endeavour can be seen around the worlds seas and waterways, from the SS Great Britain to the Panama...