Inventions & Inventors

How do you build a scientifically and technologically strong modern nation with limited means and resources? Indian scientists faced this challenge...

Some of humanitys mightiest engineering achievements are small in scaleand, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs woul...

To celebrate the awarding of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics to Shuji Nakamura (along with two other Japanese scientists), this newly updated editi...

James Watt (1736-1819) was a pivotal figure of the Industrial Revolution. His career as a scientific instrument maker, inventor and engineer was de...

This book examines how the 19th centurys transport legacy of bicycles, trains, ocean-going steamers, trucks, trams, buses and cars arose, creating ...

In this entertaining and insightful exploration of the process of invention, an experienced inventor vividly illustrates how great inventions embod...

As Joe Biden has shown us all, the best is yet to come. Here are the stories of the inspiring, inventive, and brave things people have achieved in ...

In this long-awaited reprint - first published in 1967 - the late George Daniels, a master watchmaker of the twentieth century, documents the impor...

As Joe Biden has shown us all, the best is yet to come. Here are the stories of the inspiring, inventive, and brave things people have achieved in ...