HJMS Fuso was designed in 1911, the first Japanese super-dreadnought within the 8 x 8 program. She was the first of four twin battleships with her sister ship, Yamashiro and the improved Fuso-class Ise and Hyuga. Commissioned in 1915, Fuso, wi...Loe edasi...
This open access book examines how Piedmont, in early modern Italy, developed silk production into a distinctive system of technological and social innovation. It explores the ways in which this fragile yet economically significant material shaped r...Loe edasi...
In 1492, Columbus stumbled across the Americas while looking for an eastern route to Asia. Thirty years later, Magellan succeeded where Columbus had failed. The three-year voyage was gruelling, as the lives of Magellan and two-thirds of the crew were...Loe edasi...
With world-leading industrial strength, China has achieved remarkable results in the information industry and digital infrastructure, becoming a global leader in digital transformation. In February 2023, it released the Overall Layout Plan for Digit...Loe edasi...
Discover for the first time the story of the Organisation Todt, a hidden and brutal organisation overseen by Hitler at the heart of the Nazi machine....Loe edasi...
This book in a single contribution for the first time examines the historical development of the concepts of vortex, vorticity, knot, chirality, and helicity between 1517 and 1969. It considers their origins in early pictorial and conceptual studies...Loe edasi...
This book employs an intersectional feminist lens to examine how U.S. national, social, and cultural ideologies surrounding health and intelligence have been shaped and sustained through ra...Loe edasi...
This book is a practical guide for students on the different strategies employed by historians when studying the history of games, in addition to representations of the past within historical games....Loe edasi...
This book is a practical guide for students on the different strategies employed by historians when studying the history of games, in addition to representations of the past within historical games....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847658)
Argues that engineers influenced by French Enlightenment science built much of the machinery of Americas military state while redrawing the line between the federal government and society. In The Scientific-Military State, Sveinn M. Jóhannesson ch...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847634)
Argues that engineers influenced by French Enlightenment science built much of the machinery of Americas military state while redrawing the line between the federal government and society. In The Scientific-Military State, Sveinn M. Jóhannesson ch...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009728416)
In this new history of the development of American air power, Phillip Meilinger dispels the notion that young air zealots pushed for a bomber-heavy force, revealing instead the technological, economic and bureaucratic forces which shaped the air for...Loe edasi...
Arcade Adventures tells the story of video game arcades, from the pioneering technology of the 1970s and the golden age of the 1980s, to the modern experiences of today....Loe edasi...
Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development of a scientific culture between the years 1600-1800.Beginning wi...Loe edasi...
This book challenges dominant narratives of internet history by uncovering the overlooked contributions of women and LGBTQ+ communities in shaping our digital world. This groundbreaking collection brings together critical essays and archival resea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691255873)
A history of the engineering marvels behind one of America’s most innovative and beloved entertainment experiencesWhen Disneyland opened to the public in 1955, it demystified the hidden world of factory automation through its extrao...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478033721)
Félix Nadar took the first aerial photograph in 1858, so the story goes. The evidence, Emily Doucet notes, is mixed. In Inventing Nadar, Doucet analyzes the historical and material production of the nineteenth-century Parisian photographers famous a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478038634)
Félix Nadar took the first aerial photograph in 1858, so the story goes. The evidence, Emily Doucet notes, is mixed. In Inventing Nadar, Doucet analyzes the historical and material production of the nineteenth-century Parisian photographers famous a...Loe edasi...
Leonardo Da Vinci is a unique collection of surprising revelations and quirky stories about one of the most amazing people ever to have lived. This engaging volume reveals Da Vincis phenomenal accomplishments, including mathematical discoveries, in...Loe edasi...
1956 was a momentous year for science fiction, with the release of timeless films and the publication of classic novels and stories. It was also a pivotal year for the world at large, with events producing ripples we still feel seven decades later....Loe edasi...
From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance, a bold exploration of what it means to stay human in a world where technology has granted us godlike power....Loe edasi...
For anyone interested in the simple thrills of old-fashioned oily machines, the Spitfire is considered a mechanical work of art. How To Fly A Spitfire takes those with a keen sense of mechanical curiosity on a fascinating tour of this re...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197829790)
Many believe that discoveries arise by chance or serendipity. The Engine of Scientific Discovery illustrates, for the first time, how we can actively speed up the pace of new breakthroughs by developing better methods and tools of discovery....Loe edasi...
A thrilling investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoins creator and a deep dive into cryptos utopian origin story from a New York Times bestselling author...Loe edasi...
The hundred years that began with the Great Exhibition of 1851 and ended with the Festival of Britain in 1951 was a period of remarkable progress in science and technology. First published in 1951, A Century of Technology focuses on technol...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: New York University Press, ISBN-13: 9781479836376)
A critical feminist history of the techno-cultural evolutions that make AI possible Powered by Smart traces the techno-cultural evolutions that made artificial intelligence feel more familiar than futuristic. From wearables and streaming...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: New York University Press, ISBN-13: 9781479836390)
Far from a sudden technological revolution, everyday AI emerged through decades of cultural conditioning of smart life as a caring, attentive endeavor that cast humanmachine harmony as both natural and necessary. Powered by Smart reframes artificial...Loe edasi...
HJMS Fuso was designed in 1911, the first Japanese super-dreadnought within the 8 x 8 program. She was the first of four twin battleships with her sister ship, Yamashiro and the improved Fuso-class Ise and Hyuga. Commissioned in 1915, Fuso, wi...Loe edasi...
This open access book examines how Piedmont, in early modern Italy, developed silk production into a distinctive system of technological and social innovation. It explores the ways in which this fragile yet economically significant material shaped r...Loe edasi...
In 1492, Columbus stumbled across the Americas while looking for an eastern route to Asia. Thirty years later, Magellan succeeded where Columbus had failed. The three-year voyage was gruelling, as the lives of Magellan and two-thirds of the crew were...Loe edasi...
With world-leading industrial strength, China has achieved remarkable results in the information industry and digital infrastructure, becoming a global leader in digital transformation. In February 2023, it released the Overall Layout Plan for Digit...Loe edasi...
Discover for the first time the story of the Organisation Todt, a hidden and brutal organisation overseen by Hitler at the heart of the Nazi machine....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Castle Point Books, ISBN-13: 9781250282675)
From Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Eric Moskowitz comes the riveting story of the first true coast-to-coast automobile race in U.S. history, a fast-paced tale of the gritty and determined drivers who braved hostile terrain, mechanical failu...Loe edasi...
This book in a single contribution for the first time examines the historical development of the concepts of vortex, vorticity, knot, chirality, and helicity between 1517 and 1969. It considers their origins in early pictorial and conceptual studies...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781648433641)
Entrepreneurship in aviation took flight during the 1920s, though at the beginning of the decade it was struggling for survival. After World War I, the market was oversaturated with war surplus airplanes, commercial transport a mere dream, and, with...Loe edasi...
This book employs an intersectional feminist lens to examine how U.S. national, social, and cultural ideologies surrounding health and intelligence have been shaped and sustained through ra...Loe edasi...
This book is a practical guide for students on the different strategies employed by historians when studying the history of games, in addition to representations of the past within historical games....Loe edasi...
This book is a practical guide for students on the different strategies employed by historians when studying the history of games, in addition to representations of the past within historical games....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781837052127)
This book explores the Great Exhibition of 1851, from its bold creation and dazzling displays in the Crystal Palace to its lasting legacy in Victorian culture. It offers a clear and engaging history of how the Exhibition was organised, its impact on...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781625451699)
Northwest Ohio played a vital role in the rise of America’s railroad age. This book explores the region stretching from Tiffin to the Indiana state line and from Toledo to Lima, examining how railroads shaped the communities, industries, and growth o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847658)
Argues that engineers influenced by French Enlightenment science built much of the machinery of Americas military state while redrawing the line between the federal government and society. In The Scientific-Military State, Sveinn M. Jóhannesson ch...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847634)
Argues that engineers influenced by French Enlightenment science built much of the machinery of Americas military state while redrawing the line between the federal government and society. In The Scientific-Military State, Sveinn M. Jóhannesson ch...Loe edasi...
This work explores the landmark legal cases that have shaped the modern automotive industry, including a wide range of pivotal issues, from product liability and antitrust to corporate governance and employment law. Among the cases pre...Loe edasi...
