History of engineering and technology Books
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Nvidia Revolution
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Independently Published Driven By Innovation
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Independently Published Titanic
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Stargates and Sidereal Subways
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp IA para Todos
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Risk Ready 2025
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Titanic
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Independently Published The Evolution of the Lambretta 200: TV 200 SX 200 GP 200
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Barracoon
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Little Book of Aliens
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MIT Press Men Machines and Modern Times
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Penguin Random House LLC Deep Time of the Media Toward an Archaeology of Hearing and Seeing by Technical Means Electronic Culture History Theory and Practice
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Penguin Publishing Group Contrarian
Book SynopsisA New York Times Notable Book A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics “Max Chafkin’s The Contrarian is much more than a consistently shocking biography of Peter Thiel, the most important investor in tech and a key supporter of the Donald Trump presidency. It’s also a disturbing history of Silicon Valley that will make you reconsider the ideological foundations of America’s relentless engine of creative destruction.”—Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and Amazon UnboundSince the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater impact on the world than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than Peter Thiel. The billionaire venture capitalist and entr
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC BRITISH MILITARY RIFLES
Book SynopsisA concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army's most important individual weapon, and the ammunition designed for it.
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The History Press Ltd Charles and Ada
Book SynopsisThe first book to reveal the intensity of the relationship between Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace; an outstanding contribution to historical STEM literature
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The History Press Ltd The Early Pioneers of Steam
Book SynopsisAn important new study with a vast scope: the people and events that made the achievements of Stephenson and Brunel possible
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The History Press Ltd Guide to Urban Engineering
Book SynopsisSpotter’s guides traditionally focus on the natural world but if we are to understand the modern landscape it is vital to recognise its manmade features. Power (including electricity grids, power stations, oil and gas extraction and renewable energies); and Waste (including sewers, industrial waste management, recycling).
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Hassell Street Press Intercompany Transactions in Relation to
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The History of Technology Critical Readings
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Johns Hopkins University Press Knowledge Games
Book SynopsisThis accessible book critiques the limits and implications of games and considers how they may redefine what it means to produce knowledge, to play, to educate, and to be a citizen.Trade ReviewThis book is accessible on many levels and creates opportunities for game players, game designers and game scholars to understand their own knowledge-building processes when working with games. Times Higher Education ... a substantial literature review of the vast - and rapidly growing - field of games that contribute to knowledge production. Reflective Teaching ... Knowledge Games serves as our entry point into a new conversation about the potential-and soon to be reality-of video games. elearn Magazine ... Schrier does a great job of clearing a space where we can chat about games' potential for giving us new perspectives on old problems. NEW SCIENTISTTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I What Are Knowledge Games?1. Contribution2. DesignPart II Why Knowledge Games?3. Problem Solving4. Motivation5. Social InteractionPart III Perspectives, Potentials, and Pitfalls6. Amateurs7. Participation8. Data9. KnowledgeAppendix A. Categories and ExampleAppendix B. Design Principles, Recommendations, Considerations, and ImplicationsAppendix C. Guiding QuestionsNotesIndex
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd What a great idea
Book SynopsisThis authoritative volume is crammed with information on the awesome variety of new products and services that South Africans, at home and abroad, have invented from precolonial times to the present. Historic photographs, fascinating anecdotes, and illuminating case studies light up the text and make it read like a detective novel.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Railway Empire
Book SynopsisBritian's role in the construction and management of a large proportion of the railways on a global scale. This is a much-revised edition with extra material and photographs
£18.75
Penguin Putnam Inc How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the
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Octane Press A Little Bit Sideways
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Octane Press John Deere's Company - Volume 1: From the Steel
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Oneworld Publications Mayday!: A History of Flight through its Martyrs,
Book SynopsisIn a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of sanity that would be best described as deficient. In Mayday!, David Darling tells the stories of the unconventional aviators across history who have been willing to risk all to further their craft. Meet Sophie Blanchard, a balloonist of nervous disposition whom Napoleon charged with organizing balloon displays at all major ceremonies in France. Then there’s the daredevil stuntman Lincoln Beachey, the dogfighter aces of WWI, the man who performed the dance of death – switching planes in mid-air, the real “X-Men” who flew at the edge of space, and the BASE jumpers who want to fly without wings. The cast are eccentric, reckless and extraordinary, and Mayday! is made up of their riveting tales, bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly.Trade Review“A consummate collection of tales of the fearless and the feckless. Darling treats his subject with an authority tempered by the gentle humour that is the mark of a great story-teller.” -- Justin Pollard, author of The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed‘David Darling has cleverly avoided wheeling out all the old familiar names… a rollicking, rip-roaring tale. 4 stars.’ * Popular Science *“Gripping… dazzling tales of madness and derring do.” -- Brian Clegg, author of Inflight Science“A hugely enjoyable roller-coaster aerial ride in the company of oddballs and heroes, complete with vertiginous frights, dances of death, lonely impulses of delight and acts of mindless masochism in the name of science.” -- Jonathan Glancey, author of Spitfire: The Biography'Intriguing and entertaining'. * Daily Mail *“Impressive.” * Wall Street Journal *“A mix of good old-fashioned silliness and some fine science writing.” * BBC Focus *
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Whittles Publishing The Bishop Method: The life and achievements of
Book SynopsisBishop is undoubtedly one of the most widely-known names in the soil mechanics, or geotechnical engineering, community today, alongside the `founding father', Karl Terzaghi. This is mainly due to the method Bishop devised for estimating the stability of soil slopes; it became known as The Bishop Method and immortalised his name. However, Bishop's contributions to the development of soil mechanics were far wider and of greater significance than his slope stability `method'. His colleague, Professor Skempton, makes this very clear in his contribution to the Bishop eulogy published in Geotechnique in 1988. ...It was a great privilege and the best of good luck to be associated for nearly 40 years with one of the finest intellects in our subject ... his work in this field brought about a highly beneficial revolution in soil mechanics... He was loved and respected by his numerous students... Through them and the strict but friendly criticism of his colleagues' work, and his own important contributions, he exerted a unique influence. Bishop began his career in 1943 when the new soil mechanics world was still grappling with the fundamental issue of soil shear strength. Even the great Terzaghi had not sorted this out. Bishop applied himself immediately to this problem and by the mid 1950s had largely solved it. He published his findings in 1960 in a paper co-authored with Lauritz Bjerrum. This established the parameters to be determined by triaxial testing and the two methods of analysis in use today. This was undoubtedly Bishop's most influential paper. In the eyes of many people Bishop did not receive the recognition he deserved during his lifetime, and indeed has not received since. However, The Bishop Method makes it clear just how influential and important Bishop's contributions were to soil mechanics. The book comprises three parts: Part 1 - the story of Bishop's life, emphasising his particular problem-solving skills Part 2 - his contribution to soil mechanics in some detail, of particular interest to anyone with a technical/professional perspective Part 3 - articles by past students and others who knew him which together paint a fascinating picture of the manTrade Review'...A very interesting and wonderfully readable book...If you have even the slightest interest in the history of soil mechanics and the life of one of its best pioneers, this is a book you will delight in reading'. NZ Geomatics News
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Capital Transport Publishing The Last Years of the General: London Buses,
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Mortons Media Group Cleveland and North Yorkshire
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Mortons Media Group South East Scotland
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Mortons Media Group Oxfordshire
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Mortons Media Group British Railways Past and Present: No.16: Avon,
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Mortons Media Group The East Midlands
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Carnegie Publishing Ltd The History of Science and Technology in the
Book SynopsisPerhaps better than any other city, Manchester illustrates the historical relationship between the growth of science and the growth of industry - a relationship which is topical now, as it has been for two centuries. This introduction provides a sketch map and some references for those who would like to explore this local and regional history.Table of ContentsScience and technology in Manchester: an introduction to the historyJohn V. PickstoneUnder a Lancashire Heaven: William Crabtree, Jeremiah Horrocks and their circle, and the origins of research astronomy in seventeenth-century EnglandAllan ChapmanRichard Roberts (1789A-1864), pioneer of production engineering in ManchesterRichard HillsCosmos, climate and culture: Manchester meteorology made universalGraeme GoodayThe early development of scientific research in industry: the case of Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd, 1901A-1933Tim CooperManchester friends at odds: Michael Polanyi, P. M. S. Blackett and the scientist as political speakerMary Jo NyeMolluscs, mummies and moon rock: the Manchester Museum and Manchester scienceSamuel J.M.M.AlbertiThe Collections Centre at the Museum of Science and Industry, ManchesterJan HargreavesManchester Science Gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry, ManchesterFrancis NearyManchester Astronomical SocietyKevin Kilburn
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Third Millennium Publishing Cambridge Engineering: The First 150 Years
Book SynopsisCambridge Engineering: The First 150 Years takes the reader on a journey that starts with the genesis of engineering as an academic discipline, leads to the creation of the Department in 1875, and looks forward to its plans for the 150th anniversary in 2025. The history is told through the extraordinary lives of engineering leaders, who fought through the initial derision of other disciplines to take the faculty from a workshop in a wooden hut to stand as the largest department in the University. The narrative comes right up to date with stories from the latest research and its positive impact on the world. Cambridge Engineering concludes with the vision for the future as the Department moves to its new state-of-the-art home at West Cambridge and takes a global lead in redefining the discipline. Richly illustrated with images from past and present, this hardback will appeal not only to alumni, but to anyone, old or young, who is ready to explore how engineering has changed the world and dream how it will drive further revolutions.
£34.00
Independently Published Isotta Fraschini
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Independently Published Toyota Land Cruiser
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de Gruyter Oldenbourg ValueBased Engineering
£44.96
Kohlhammer Einstein Und Heisenberg: Begrunder Der Modernen
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Bohlau Verlag Die Semmeringbahn: Eine Baugeschichte der ersten
Book SynopsisDie in den Jahren 1848 bis 1854 unter der Leitung von Carl Ritter von Ghega errichtete Eisenbahn über den Semmering ging als erste Hochgebirgseisenbahn der Welt in die Geschichte ein. Der einzigartige Wert dieses Teilstückes der Südbahn von Wien nach Triest liegt in den ingenieurstechnischen Herausforderungen aus der Frühzeit der Eisenbahn: Streckenführung und Gleisbau, Viadukt- und Tunnelbautechnik sowie Lokomotivbau und Eisenbahnbetrieb setzten den Maßstab für die Erschließung von Gebirgen in aller Welt durch die Eisenbahn.Anhand von Literatur und Quellenmaterial aus der Bauzeit stellt Günter Dinhobl die vielschichtige Baugeschichte dieser Bahnstrecke zusammen und bettet sie in den internationalen Kontext jener Zeit ein. Ein Kurzüberblick über die Aufnahme als UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe sowie die jüngsten Entwicklungen um das Geschwisterpaar Ghega-Bahn und Semmering-Basistunnel führen zurück in die Gegenwart des technikgeschichtlich einzigartigen Bauwerkes.
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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Atomare Demokratie: Eine Geschichte Der
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Wie Nikola Tesla das 20. Jahrhundert erfand
Book SynopsisTesla hat viel geschaffen, noch mehr wurde ihm zugeschrieben und angedichtet. Wie wohl kein anderer Erfinder beflügelt er die Phantasie der Menschen: Er soll ein Energiewesen von der Venus gewesen sein und sein Weltsystem hätte sämtliche Energieprobleme der Erde umweltfreundlich lösen können. Michael Krause hält sich an die Tatsachen, und die sind schon spannend genug. Er beschriebt wie Tesla vom Balkan kommend über Paris in die USA auswanderte, dort seine wichtigsten Erfindungen machte und schließlich Spielball der Großindustrie wurde. Tesla war aber mehr als nur ein willfähriges Subjekt: Er folgte immer seinen Visionen, nur konnte er sich meist nicht durchsetzen. So ist dieses Buch ein Krimi um Wissenschaft, Geld, Macht und das Scheitern eines Genies.Trade Review"...die bislang beste deutschsprachige Tesla-Biografie. Anders als so mancher Biograf vor ihm hat Krause eine kritische Distanz zu Tesla bewahrt, um einen nüchternen, aber keineswegs weniger spannenden Blickwinkel zu finden..." (Chemie in unserer Zeit, Frühjahr 2010) "...Michael Krause ist ein Fan der schrägen Forschers, das ist nicht zu überlesen. Dennoch bleibt sein Stil unaufgeregt und enthält sich verschwörungstheoretischer Spekulationen... Gekonnt verwebt der Autor Zeitgeschichte, Biografisches und Einblicke in die Elektrotechnik...." Deutschlandradio, 9. März 2010 "...Das Tesla mit seinen Erfindungen seiner Zeit ein großes Stück voraus war, schildert das Buch "Wie Nikola Tesla das 20. Jahrhundert erfand"...Der Autor Michael Krause trennt die Mythen von den Fakten und liefert ein umfassendes Bild vom Leben und Wirken Nikola Teslas, der, aus dem heutigen Kroatien kommend, 1884 in die Vereinigten Staaten auswanderte, wo er seine größten Erfindungen machte...Das Buch das zahlreiche historische Aufnahmen enthält, ist auch eine gut verständliche Einführung in die Elektrizitätslehre." (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 27.01.2010) David Bowie (62): "Tesla ist eine schillernde Figur. Er würde einen ganzen Film tragen."Table of ContentsEinleitung 11 1 Um Mitternacht 15 Familie Tesla in Smiljan 18 Der Unfall 21 Zur serbischen Geschichte 23 2 Das Staunen an der Welt 27 Von Gospić nach Karlovac und Graz (1862–1875) 27 Die Tesla-Methode 31 Tesla-Psychologie 34 Tesla inszeniert sich selbst 35 Matura 37 Nikola soll Priester werden 40 Tesla soll Soldat werden 42 3 Die Sonne als Modell – das Wechselstromsystem 45 Graz 1875–1878 45 Tesla, der Spieler 51 Budapest: Die Entdeckung des Wechselstromsystems 56 Tivadar Puskás – eine kleine Geschichte des europäischen Telefons 58 4 Nach Paris und New York 65 Die Empfehlung 65 Der Zauberer 67 Compagnie Edison Électrique 68 Gleichstrom oder Wechselstrom? 69 Swinging Paris 71 Probleme in Straßburg 72 Der erste Wechselstrommotor 76 Tesla, der Träumer 77 Gedankenprojektionen 78 Teslas Kopfkino 80 Teslas »automatische« Methode 81 Die Neue Welt 82 5 Neue Ideen für eine Neue Welt 85 Neue Ideen für eine Neue Welt 85 Edison Machine Works 87 Thomas Edison 88 Die »elektrische Welt« entsteht 90 Edisons »central stations« 91 Bye-Bye Edison 95 Das vergoldete Zeitalter 97 Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing Company 99 Tesla Electric Company 101 George Westinghouse 102 Der Transformator 104 William Stanley und die erste AC-Anlage 105 Das rotierende magnetische Feld 107 Teslas »New York Lecture« 108 6 Der Stromkrieg 111 Wer hat’s erfunden: Ferraris oder Tesla? 111 Deptford Power Station – das modernste E-Werk der Welt 113 Westinghouse und die Tesla Electric Company 115 Der Vertrag mit Westinghouse 119 Tesla in Pittsburgh 121 Der »Todesstrom« 125 Teslas hochfrequente Wechselströme 129 Die Tesla-Spule 131 7 Der Stromkrieg II 137 Teslas Triumphe 137 Energieblitze im Äther 139 Der Zauberer von Paris 140 Abschied von der Heimat 142 Triumph in Belgrad, Disput in Bonn 143 Im Stromkrieg 145 Henry Villard 148 General Electric entsteht 149 Panik von 1893 151 Wechselstrom weltweit im Einsatz 152 Tesla entdeckt das Radio 155 Chicago leuchtet 159 8 Wechselstrom (AC) erobert die Welt 167 Weltruhm 167 Buffalo und Niagara 170 Tesla Superstar 174 Luka und Mrs. Filipov 176 Samuel Langhorne Clemens 180 Der Äther 182 High Society 187 Nikola Tesla Company 189 Deutsches Kapital für Niagara 190 Desaster 192 9 Das Leben geht weiter 197 Das Leben geht weiter 197 Kathedralen der Kraft 200 Swami Vivekananda 203 Freunde in der High Society 206 JJ Astor 207 X-Strahlen 208 Tesla am Niagara 212 Radio Tesla vs. Radio Marconi 214 Das Robot-U-Boot 218 10 Teslas »Welt-System« 223 Kohlen Marke »Tesla« 223 Tesla braucht Geld 224 Hotel Astoria 225 Experimentallabor in Colorado Springs 1899–1900 227 Teslas Verstärkungssender (»Magnifying transmitter«) 231 Tesla entdeckt »stehende Wellen« 231 Zurück in der »Peacock Alley« 237 Die Steigerung menschlicher Energie 238 1, 2, 3 … Mars 242 Strahlungsenergie 244 Ein himmlisches Paar 245 11 Wardenclyffe – Teslas WorldWideWireless 249 Der Tycoon geht an Bord 249 Die »Tesla Works« in Wardenclyffe 251 McKinley stirbt, Marconi sendet 255 Der »Wunder-Turm« von Wardenclyffe 257 Der verlorene Traum 262 Flucht nach vorn 264 12 Kampf um Wardenclyffe 269 Kampf um Wardenclyffe 269 Freie Energie für den Weltfrieden 271 Geld! 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Geld! 273 Die dunkle Seite 277 Das Ende der »vergoldeten Zeit« 279 Teslas Hybris 282 Tunguska 1908 284 Nobelpreis für Marconi und Braun 284 Die Tesla-Turbine 285 Die Hammond-Connection 288 Freunde gehen 291 Teslas Blue Portrait 292 13 Der zerstörte Traum 297 Der zerstörte Traum 297 Der Wissenschaftler von Gotham City 300 Das Ende der Alten Welt 301 Der Erste Weltkrieg und die Wirtschaft in den USA 303 Die Telefunken-Connection 304 Affäre Lusitania 307 Tesla, Tauben, Gusle 309 Die Affäre Marconi 310 Nobelpreis für Tesla und Edison 311 Bye-bye Waldorf=Astoria, bye-bye Wardenclyffe 312 Die Edison-Medaille 314 Wardenclyffe wird gesprengt 316 14 Magier der Science-Fiction Technologie 319 Teslas neue Heimat – der Electrical Experimenter 319 Radar 323 Die Turbine floppt 325 Tesla privat 329 Teslas letzte Freunde 331 Energie aus dem Universum 333 Das Luxusauto mit Raumantrieb 335 Teslas Todesstrahlenmaschine 337 Tesla, der Dichter 339 Teslas letzter Versuch 340 Tesla gegen Superman 343 15 Tesla stirbt nie 347 Der Neffe 347 Königlicher Besuch 349 Tesla wird zum »Alien« 351 Das Nikola Tesla Museum 355 Teslas Erbe 356 Radio, Todesstrahlen, »Philadelphia Experiment«, »Howitzer«, »Woodpecker«, HAARP 357 Das »Philadelphia Experiment« 359 Der »Tesla-Howitzer« 360 Der »Woodpecker« 361 Haarp 362 Das Schicksal von Wardenclyffe 363 Tesla und »Freie Energie« 364 Drahtlose Energieübertragung – gestern, heute, morgen 367 Ehrungen für Tesla 368 Tesla-TV, Tesla Motors 370 Tesla in den Medien 372 Register 377
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Springer Zeitenwende: Wie die IT unsere Welt verändert
Book SynopsisDie moderne Informationstechnologie durchdringt und verändert unsere Welt – weit mehr und intensiver, als die meisten von uns ahnen. Das Buch beschreibt ihre Entstehung, ihre Geschichte, ihre wesentlichen Treiber und welche herausragende Bedeutung die neue Weltmacht IT für unser soziales, wirtschaftliches und politisches Leben erlangt hat. Es bietet dem Leser auf interessante, allgemeinverständliche und ausgewogene Weise Orientierung zu einem komplexen Thema, das unsere Gegenwart und Zukunft wesentlich prägt. Es zeigt die großen Entwicklungslinien und erklärt dabei auch, was es etwa mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Algorithmen oder Blockchains auf sich hat.Table of ContentsDie neue Zeitrechnung - Der Weg zum modernen Computer - Die Entwicklung der Nachkriegszeit - IT und Wirtschaft - IT und Politik - Die Neuerfindung der Kriminalität - Die Zukunftsagenda
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BoD - Books on Demand Der Bau der Wannseebahn und die Umgestaltung des Potsdamer Bahnhofes in Berlin
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DMD Digital On the train tracks
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Lanasta The Legendary Douglas DC-3: A Pictorial Tribute
Book SynopsisFollowing on from the epoch-making DC-2 technology, the DC-3 is generally considered the greatest single commercial transport plane in history, and certainly the most famous. Indeed, the DC-3 revolutionized air travel to an extent not equaled until the arrival of the jet age. Many of these revolutions related to safety; thanks to the DC-3’s reputation for reliability, air travel insurance finally became available to the general public in 1937. This is the airliner that not only made flying respectable but enabled the emerging aviation industry to end its reliance on mail subsidies and profit from passenger journeys. DC-3 is still flying eight decades after their first debut - this book is a tribute to its brilliant design.Trade Review'... een zeer kleurrijk boek. (...) Het boek is een prachtig eerbetoon en een mooie momentopname van wat er op dit moment op de wereld nog te zien is van dit ontwerp van voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog.' – De Vliegende Hollander
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The University of Chicago Press Engineering the Revolution Arms and Enlightenment
Book SynopsisDocuments the forging of a fresh relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the 'technological life'.Trade Review"A work of stunning originality.... An important contribution to a variety of fields." - Ted Porter. "A triumph. It deserves to be read widely, and not just as an inquiry into the origins of modern France." - Donald MacKenzie, "London Review of Books." "In the history of technology, one of the very best books is Ken Alder's Engineering the Revolution, about the ways in which new engineering practices both emerged from and shaped the ideals of the French Revolution." - Peter Galison, American Scientist. "Ken Alder's study of the relations between artifacts, technical life, and politics constitutes a model study in its genre." - Terry Shinn, "Social Studies of Science."
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Enigma of the Aerofoil Rival Theories in
Book SynopsisIn the early years of aviation, there was an intense dispute between British and German experts over the question of why and how an aircraft wing provides lift. This title reveals the impact that the divergent mathematical traditions of Cambridge and Gottingen had on this debate.Trade Review"A masterpiece of writing and research. David Bloor brings his varied background to the table, writing the only book that describes a wonderful mixture of the scientific, historical, philosophical, and sociological forces that help to explain the 'enigma' of the aerofoil." (John D. Anderson Jr., National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)"
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