Alexander Graham Bell led an amazing life, before and after he invented the telephone. Look into the inquisitive mind of the young inventor ...

Vaclav Smil offers a comprehensive look at the role of energy in world history, ranging from human muscle-power in foraging societies and an...

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Academics and public officials in the US, the UK, and Canada are the contributors to this volume of 17 pithy historical studies stemming fro...

Highly readable, profusely illustrated survey relates technology to history of every age: food production, metalworking, mining, steam p...

This book traces the evolution of theory of structures and strength of materials - the development of the geometrical thinking of the Renais...

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For over 250 years American technology has been regarded as a unique hallmark of American culture and an important factor in American prospe...

The History of the Comstock Lode, first published in 1943, provided mining investors, engineers, and western historians with the first compr...

Excellent historical survey of the strength of materials with many references to the theories of elasticity and structure. 245 figures. ...

Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War II is a coherent account of the history of radar in the second World Wa...