History of Engineering & Technology

Whether in medicine, money, or love, technologies powered by forms of artificial intelligence are playing an increasingly prominent role in our liv...

From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on ...

In modern life, technology is everywhere. Yet as a concept, technology is a mess. In popular discourse, technology is little more than the latest d...

Examples of enduring feats of civil engineering endeavour can be seen around the world's seas and waterways, from the SS Great Britain to the Panam...

A new selection in the Anatomy of the Ship series, Tudor Warship Mary Rose is a unique insight into the architecture and construction of the iconic...

Between 1906 and 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger than the last, culminating in the ...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a revealing new portrait of Albert Einstein, the worlds first scientific superstarWith graceful lucidity...

Casting the Nets provides an unparalleled insight into the great digital transformation of Britain''s communications networks over the period 1984-...

Technology's most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest...

How did computers invade the homes and cultural life of 1980s Britain? Remember the ZX Spectrum? Ever have a go at programming with its stretchy r...

The history of science is a story of human discovery--intertwined with religion, philosophy, economics and technology. The fourth in a series, t...

There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet, th...

There''s never been a better time to be an armchair astronaut. Forget this planet. The economy is terrible, global warming is inevitable, and there...

The New Kingmakers documents the rise of the developer class, and provides strategies for companies to adapt to the new technology landscape. From ...

How xerography became a creative medium and political tool, arming artists and activists on the margins with an accessible means of making their me...

New Jersey''s Trolley Heritage is a photographic essay of trolley cars that once served Atlantic City, Ocean City, and Wildwood, plus the modernize...

Britain has more successful airlines than any country in Europe. When judged proportionately against the size of its population, more than any othe...