History of Engineering & Technology

Radio is a medium of seemingly endless contradictions. Now in its third century of existence, the technology still seems startlingly modern; despit...

It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year be...

Technology pervades our daily lives and modern society, and not just when it comes to computers and smart phones. Before there was the computer, th...

'Stanton writes with terrific verve and precision . . . his understanding of the seductive pleasures of gaming takes us right to its heart.'Maria B...

The home computer boom of the 1980s brought with it now-iconic machines such as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodore 64. Those machines would ...

A thought-provoking analysis of how the acquisition and utilization of information has determined the course of history over the past five centurie...

Other books deal with the men under the spotlight of fame - the lead singers' of the Industrial Revolution. What this book tries to do is to focus...