Technology: General Issues

When blacksmith Pierre Michaux affixed pedals to the front axle of a two-wheeled scooter with a seat, he helped kick off a craze known as velociped...

Darkness has a history and a uniquely modern form. Distinct from night, shadows, and artificial light, artificial darkness has been overlookeduntil...

Doing more with less is a skill mastered by entrepreneurs. Budgets are tight, deadlines are short, and time is of the essence. Entrepreneurial proj...

Prepared by the Automated People Mover Standards Committee of the Standards Council of the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE.Automat...

This book features original research articles on the topic of mathematical modelling and fractional differential equations. The contributions, writ...

Genome sequencing is one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past thirty years. But what precisely does it involve and how is it d...

Design thinking is a powerful process that facilitates understanding and framing of problems, enables creative solutions, and may provide fresh per...

Vroom! Engines roar and wheels turn in this fun series. Exciting facts about different machines engage beginning readers while simple predictable...

Managing the Complexities of Real Estate Development provides a concise summary of the real estate development process, allowing the reader to lear...

*Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, 2022*A spectacular biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist...

This major practical handbook bridges the gap between strategy and design, presenting a step-by-step design process with a strategic approach and e...

This major practical handbook bridges the gap between strategy and design, presenting a step-by-step design process with a strategic approach and e...

The exploration of photothermal nanomaterials with high light-to-heat conversion efficiency has paved the way for practical applications, including...

This book, which takes the employees' perspective, illustrates what works and what doesn't work to engage, involve, and motivate a workforce. Throu...

Most reference texts covering two-dimensional materials focus specifically on graphene, when in reality, there are a host of new two-dimensional ma...

Cutting-edge historians explore ideas, communities, and technologies around modern computing to explore how computers mediate social relations.Comp...

How disastersthat have wrecked work sites throughout American history, in all parts of the nation and all sectors of the economyhave also inspired ...

What we see through our windshields reflects ideas about our national identity, consumerism, and infrastructure.For better or worse, windshields ha...