Technical History – alle Bücher, CDs und DVDs

Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 1978 - 1984

Tim Queeney

Rope

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and CodTim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope a…

Theresa Levitt

Elixir

A¿Financial Times¿Best History Book of the Year A¿Financial Times¿Summer Reading Favorite"[V]ividly evokes cultural life in Bohemian Paris, the turbulence of the French Revolution and its aftermath, …

Jennifer R Vail

Friction

Friction, the force that resists motion, has shaped technological progress for millennia. Jennifer Vail shows how the quest to master friction has driven innovation, culture, and even human evolution. Now…

Kin Sum Li

Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China

Examines mass production in antiquity Highly decorated mirrors are widely sought by museums with collections of Chinese art and are the most actively exchanged items in the art market of ancient Chinese b…

Rebecca Struthers

Hands of Time

An award-winning watchmaker?one of the few practicing the art in the world today?chronicles the invention of time through the centuries-long story of one of mankind's most profound technological achieveme…

Jon Schmid, Chad J R Ohlandt, Shawn Cochran

Net Technical Assessment

The Biden administration's 2022 National Security Strategy recognizes technology as a major front on which strategic competition is waged. The centrality of technology to the conduct and outcome of strate…

The Prisoner (Complete Series) (UK Import)

Five decades on from its first UK broadcast, The Prisoner remains as fresh and dynamic as when it was first unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in 1967. This set presents the complete series, stunningl…

Dietrich Eckardt

Gas Turbine Powerhouse

This book tells the story of the power generation gas turbine from the perspective of one of the leading companies in the field over a period of nearly 100 years, written by an engineer. Especially in tim…

Bildformen des Rechts

The omnipresence of AI currently raises questions not only about the promise of truthfulness made by technical media, but also about their legal regulation. Generative models such as Midjourney, Stable Di…