The extraordinary untold story of how technological change has shaped our history and determined who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity.Throughout history, technol...
The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry.The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of ...
With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet ten of the 12 battleships were already over 20 years old, having s...
From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's...
The initial version of the Curtiss P-40, designated by the manufacturer as the Hawk H-81, combined the established airframe of the earlier radial-powered H-75 (P-36) fighter with the Allison V-1710...
Pierwsze trzy tomy obejmują obliczanie i konstruowanie najczęściej stosowanych elementów i konstrukcji żelbetowych, zarówno monolitycznych, jak i prefabrykowanych. Przedstawiono tu r&...
This volume details the design, construction, and operation of the first six of the ten US fast battleships, two of the North Carolina class and four of the South Dakota class. These six battleship...
With exclusive interviews and insight from drivers and a wealth of F1 insiders, award-winning sportswriter Malcolm Folley goes behind the scenes to discover what it's really like to drive and live ...
Meet Grace Hopper: the woman who revolutionized computer coding. She coined the term "computer bug" and taught computers to "speak English". An ace inventor and groundbreaker, G...
Ellen Lupton, award-winning author of Thinking with Type and How Posters Work, demonstrates how storytelling shapes great designGood design, like good storytelling, brings ideas to life...
The TSR2 is one of the greatest 'what-if' aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates anger and controversy among aviation fans. It was a magnificent, cutting-edge aircraft, one of...
Mainstay of London Buses Ltd's fleet into the 1990s, London's MCW Metrobus fleet of M class remained almost completely intact by the time of privatisation in the autumn of 1994. In the hands of sev...
W książce opisano budowę, działanie i sprawdzanie ukladów oczyszczania spalin stosowanych we współczesnych pojazdach samochodowych. Omówiono przebieg procesu spalania oraz emis...
An icon of World War I aerial combat, the Sopwith Camel was a superb dogfighter in the hands of a pilot who could master its vicious idiosyncrasies. The first British fighter to be armed with twin ...
John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent thinkers on technology and design, and in How to Speak Machine, he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unima...
Built in large numbers in the years leading up to World War II (1939-1945), Bristol's Blenheim saw use as both a fighter and bomber thanks to its high speed in relation to the biplane types it was ...
The Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater range than the Do 17, which it replaced in frontline service from mid to late 1941. Although initially used simply as a ...
On September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet. The ensuing Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts had a relatively quiet World Wa...
Discover the fascinating histories and routes of 50 of the world’s most scenic railways. Railway expert Julian Holland takes you on a journey around the world.Take a journey around the ...
Po latach zaborów i I wojnie światowej pociągi wprowadzały życie na tory nowoczesności. Jak legendarna lukstorpeda upajały prędkością, ułatwiały komunikację i wywracały wyobrażenia o pokonyw...