History of engineering & technology
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History of engineering & technology
Hardback. An exploration of the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such 19th-century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122052
- ISBN
- 9780813122052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Num Pages: 43 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TBX; TDCQ; TDM; TGXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 3. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 43
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319466323
- ISBN
- 9783319466323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226269375
- ISBN
- 9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.86
€ 21.99
€ 18.86
Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922027
- ISBN
- 9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.27€ 77.41
€ 93.27
€ 77.41
Paperback. Series: Making Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBTQ; JP; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279643
- ISBN
- 9780230279643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.43
€ 37.43
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; HB; PDA; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1965
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401035637
- ISBN
- 9789401035637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Hardback. This text deals with the historical development of the scientific theories that, in the 18th century, gave engineers and architects the means of calculating masonry vaulted structures and, in the 19th century, provided exact mathematical methods of dimensioning complex structures. Editor(s): Radelet de Grave, Patricia; Benvenuto, Edoardo. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AC; AM; JFCX; PD; TBX; TGB; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764351281
- ISBN
- 9783764351281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Engineers in Britain: A Sociological Study of the Engineering Dimensio...
Glover, Ian; Kelly, Michael P.
paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KN; TBX; TC; TGP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780043012239
- ISBN
- 9780043012239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Hardback. Series: Springer Series in Women in Engineering. Num Pages: 98 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319407982
- ISBN
- 9783319407982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Documents 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'. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; TBX; TTMW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226012643
- ISBN
- 9780226012643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBT; TBX; TN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 10. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524196
- ISBN
- 9781556524196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.86
€ 15.99
€ 15.86
Hardback. "Peace engineering" is the pro-active use of engineering skills in the promotion of peace. This book details the history of the profession and shows how engineers have, in the past, served their clients as either military or civilian engineers. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TBC; TBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848826731
- ISBN
- 9781848826731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.46
€ 125.46
Hardcover. Shows that there is always something to be learned from disasters. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: TBC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860584596
- ISBN
- 9781860584596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.66
€ 193.66
Hardcover. Electronic Value Exchange examines the transformation of the VISA electronic payment system from a collection of non-integrated, localized, paper-based bank credit card programs into the cooperative, global, electronic value exchange network it is today. Series: History of Computing. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFF; PDR; TBX; UTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849961387
- ISBN
- 9781849961387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.67
€ 218.67
Hardcover. The story of how computers invaded the homes and cultural life of 1980s Britain. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; TBX; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472918338
- ISBN
- 9781472918338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.55
€ 25.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Integrity Research Institiute United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780964107090
- ISBN
- 9780964107090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.57
€ 27.99
€ 20.57
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 468 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BGT; PD; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322990129
- ISBN
- 9783322990129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.84
€ 76.84
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: TBX; UB; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 9. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783834824141
- ISBN
- 9783834824141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.82
€ 37.82
Hardcover. The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor. "-New Scientist "Remarkable. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; TBX; THRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471529422
- ISBN
- 9780471529422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.47€ 44.93
€ 52.47
€ 44.93
Paperback. This biography of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) studies and evaluates his career as an inventor and explores in detail how he created inventions that shaped the 20th century, including the electric light, photography, and over 1000 other items. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; PDX; TBX; TBY; THR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471362708
- ISBN
- 9780471362708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.50
€ 30.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; TBX; WCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- The Doreen Collins Learning Disability Trust
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993577703
- ISBN
- 9780993577703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.18
€ 15.18
Historians of technology, communication, and media will welcome this important reexamination of the canonic story of early FM radio. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; TBX; TJKR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894404
- ISBN
- 9780801894404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.41
€ 74.41
Paperback. This late WWII aircraft was the fastest piston engine fighter of the war. Num Pages: 48 pages, over 80 b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: JWG; JWM; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 207 x 3. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887401893
- ISBN
- 9780887401893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Outlines new directions for the study of religion and/as technology that will resonate across the human sciences Editor(s): Stolow, Jeremy. Num Pages: 368 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRAX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823249817
- ISBN
- 9780823249817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.49
€ 41.99
€ 36.49