History of Engineering & Technology

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...

If the United States couldnt catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kenned...

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...

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017Successful Canadians write about failure, and how it got them where they are today. What does it mean to fail? To...

Brunel and London. It might not seem an obvious association, but John Christopher puts the case that it was London, not Bristol, that was the most ...

Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. The Truth About Tesla sets the record straight.Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest elec...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791) is an unfinished memoir by Benjamin Franklin. Addressing the work to his son William, Franklin intend...

Aviation in the 1950s was a positive, exciting sequel to the most destructive war in history. It gave birth to the jet age for passengers, fosterin...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is a name synonymous with the heroic and inventive engineering of the Victorian era. His personal bravery, persuasive chara...