Transport Technology & Trades

In recent years, energy efficiency has become a crucial concern for every transportation mode, but it is in electrified railways where energy savin...

The automobile is an icon of modern technology because it includes most aspects of modern engineering, and it offers an exciting approach to engine...

An experienced deck officer and maritime attorney objectively considers cognitive, organizational, and operational factors proven to contribute to ...

The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shutt...

Following the success of his previous book, Scania at Work, Patrick Dyer takes a close look at another favourite of long haul drivers, DAF. Althoug...

On 4 June 1942, three squadrons of U.S. Navy Dauntless dive bombers destroyed Japan's carrier force sent to neutralise Midway, changing the course ...

Used extensively and somewhat taken for granted by millions of commuters and tourists every day, the London Underground has long been a part of our...

The thrilling stories of those who looked to the skies and dared to dream of flight 'Gripping dazzling tales of madness and derring do.' Brian Cle...

This book gives a global review of optical satellite signal processing theories, algorithms, and system implementations. Consisting of 14 chapters,...

Petrol: Vauxhall/Opel Mokka 1.4 litre (1364cc); Vauxhall/Opel Mokka 1.6 litre (1598cc); Diesel: Vauxhall/Opel Mokka 1.6 litre (1598cc); Vauxhall/Op...

As the car anticipates its dance around the racetrack, the engine growls and pops, and all senses become immersed in the smell of exhaust vapors an...

At the Berlin Auto Show in 1938, Adolf Hitler presented the prototype for a small, oddly shaped, inexpensive family car that all good Aryans could ...

A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who ...

This pocket manual focusing on the most famous aircraft of all time presents an accessible collection of fascinating historical documents which giv...

The nineteenth century was a time of innovation and expansion across the industrial landscape, and nowhere more so than on the railways, as the new...

A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship...

Chief Engineer James Hamilton Tomb (1839-1929) devoted almost 12 years of his early life to wartime naval service - first in the Confederate States...

For as long as an American naval force has existed, black sailors have served it with bravery, distinction, and little or no recognition. They h...