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A classic work in the history of science, and described as "a good book on rocket stuff...that's a really fun one" by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will want to get their hands on this influential classic, available for the first time in decades. ...

Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. In 1957,...

In this companion volume to John Bisney and J. L. Pickering's extraordinary book of rare photographs from the Mercury and Gemini missions, the authors now present the rest of the Golden Age of US manned space flight with a photographic history of Project...

Uncover the history of one of the most influential video games of all time in The World of Minecraft. Explore how the critically acclaimed game evolved from a one-person project in 2009 to the global gaming phenomenon it is today. ...

** Featured as a Guardian Long Read **'[A] fast-paced, myth busting expose' Max Blumenthal, author of The Management of Savagery'Contentious... forceful... salutary' The New YorkerEVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC NATURE OF THE INTERNET...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546720Author Matthew H. HerschFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The story of one of greatest technological achievements of the 20th century told from a pilot's-eye view, which will appeal to all enthusiasts of modern aviation. From her first commercial flight in 1976, and throughout 27 years of service, Concorde...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648834809Author David CaffreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint David CaffreyPublisher David CaffreyWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999675929Author Satoshi NakamotoFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Ignota BooksPublisher Ignota Books

Many of London's original power stations have either been demolished, converted for other use, or stand derelict awaiting redevelopment that is seemingly always just out of reach. However, in their prime these mighty 'cathedrals of power' played a vital...

Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life-for better or worse Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word "code"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806540962Author Marc SeiferFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262517676Author Paul E. CeruzziFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 11mm

Thomas Telford was arguably the greatest civil engineer Britain has ever produced. This book reveals his humble beginnings and then describes his self-propelled rise from journeyman stonemason to famous canal engineer. In 1793 Telford was appointed...

Today technology has created a world of dazzling progress, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and looming threats to the environment. Technology: A World History offers an illuminating backdrop to our present moment--a brilliant history of...

In 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. It would take a team of supremely talented designers, engineers and production-line workers to build a car that was unique in appearance and construction. They would clash...

"Technics and Civilization" first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934 - before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593541531Author Ryan NorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

A lavishly illustrated practical guide for understanding bridges, with case studies of the world's most famous bridges. How to Read Bridges is a practical introduction to looking at the structure and purpose of bridges and a guide to reading the...

Already in the nineteenth century, German-language writers were contending with the challenge of imagining and accounting for a planet whose volatility bore little resemblance to the images of the Earth then in circulation. The Geological Unconscious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627008822Author Jeff WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Kalmbach MediaPublisher Kalmbach MediaWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 269mm * 208mm *...

Various events contrived to bring about the cafe racer era, together with the advent of the rocker - and subsequently mod - cults. New motorcycles such as the BSA Gold Star singles and star twins, Norton Dominator, Royal Enfield Meteor and Constellation,...

From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity and its attendant breakthroughs and busts. Included in BILL GATES's 2023 Holiday Reading List Included in Lit Hub s Most Anticipated Books of 2023 Included in...

In 1901 divers salvaging antiquities from a Hellenistic shipwreck serendipitously recovered the shattered and corroded remains of an ancient Greek gear-driven device, now known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Since its discovery, scholars relying on direct...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932595482Author Richard C HoaglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 612Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 874g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476766690Author Jimmy SoniFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063279735Author Adam FrankFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798725Author George DysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm * 27mm

Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong? Bridge building is a magnificent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735220157Author Ryan NorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landscape. Yet interlocking technological, informational, and political revolutions have occurred many times in...

A little over a century ago, the world went wireless. Cables and all their limiting inefficiencies gave way to a revolutionary means of transmitting news and information almost everywhere, instantaneously. By means of "Hertzian waves," as radio waves...

In his time Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the world's greatest engineer. His list of achievements is truly breathtaking: the Thames Tunnel, the first underwater tunnel in the world; the SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ship; the Clifton...

From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of medical practice among Western physicians in the treatment of "hysteria," an ailment once considered both common and chronic in women. Doctors loathed this...

The Albatross was the premier fixed-wing rescue aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard. Its very colorful history begins in 1946 and spans nearly a quarter of a century, including service with twenty-two foreign nations. With a total of 466...

The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the day and too many e-mails in our thumb-accessible inboxes. This widespread perception that life is faster...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542524Author Ethem AlpaydinFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Pockets, matches, spectacles, postage stamps. Whether it's the stitches that hold our clothes together or the syringes that deliver life-saving vaccines, small things really do make a big difference. Yet these modest but essential components of everyday...

Stefanie Ganger explores how medical knowledge was shared across societies tied to the Atlantic World between 1751 and 1820. Centred on Peruvian bark or cinchona, Ganger shows how that remedy and knowledge about its consumption - formulae for...

Starting with hands, abacus and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean and accompanied us to the moon...