History of Engineering & Technology

Today, Virtual reality is used not only for games, since programs with emulation of attraction cinema, museums, etc. have appeared. With this devel...

Britain's Canals is a charming and insightful exploration into the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that surround Britains inland water...

Throughout history, the need to cross the changing British landscape has always driven innovation. Natural valleys, rivers and mountainous features...

This book is a precise and comprehensive history of the digital computer. It is the first collection of available information about the digital com...

From the structure of the atom to the jet engine, from the world's fossil record to the theory of relativity: here are the critical breakthroughs i...

The British were at the forefront of railway development for the first fifty years of the nineteenth century. Railway Empire tells the story of how...

It''s dinned into us from birth that ''all good things come at a price''. Today, that price looks apocalyptic, with wars, exploitation and environm...

Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most rev...

Dr Boucher describes Brindleys engineering pupils as a college of engineers, among them talented individuals such as Hugh Henshall, Thomas Dadford,...