The Davy Lamp - Inventing the Miners' Safety Lamp: is a unique publication in the history of science, marking the bicentenary of the invention of the Davy Lamp.
Acoustic Creatures explores the phenomenon of human and animal acoustic entanglements in art and performance practices. Focusing on the work of artists that get into the spaces between species, Austin McQuinn discovers that sounding animality secures a vital connection to the creatural.
What the Future Holds and the Scientists Making It Happen
New research and innovations in the field of science are leading to life-changing and world-altering discoveries like never before. What does the horizon of science look like? Who are the scientists that are making it happen? And, how are we to introduce these revolutions to a society in which a segment of the population has become more and more ......
A Compendium of Technological Leaps, Groundbreaking Discoveries, and Scientific Breakthroughs
This eclectic compendium will inform, inspire and fascinate anyone to know more about the moments of genius that gave shaped our lives today. An extraordinary guide to the greatest feats of ingenuity and innovation.
Once called the Yankee Da Vinci, Rufus Porter was an itinerant portrait painter and muralist, a publisher and author, an inventor of mechanical improvements, and an impresario who engineered an airship that promised to fly gold rush prospectors from New York to California in three days.
Techne's Paradox - a frequent theme in science fiction - is the commonplace belief that technology has both the potential to annihilate humanity and to preserve it. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism looks at how this paradox applies to some of the most dangerous of technologies: population bombs, dynamite bombs, ......
Engineers build the foundation for solid and secure systems that we all use every day. The number of facts needed for those calculations is staggering and just one mistake can wreak havoc. This must-have reference to the core fundamentals of electronics is perfect for any student or professional. Concisely written so you can have more answers in 6 ......
Engineers build the foundation for solid and secure systems that we all use every day. The number of facts needed for those calculations is staggering and just one mistake can wreak havoc. This must-have reference to the core fundamentals of electronics is perfect for any student or professional. Concisely written so you can have more answers in 6 ......
The Story Behind the Man Who Helped Launch 5 A.I. Companies Worth $25 Billion
On the Eve of the AI era, it is perfect timing to read an AI expert's autobiography, to learn about Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, the author of "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley & the New World," also available on Amazon. This is the first and only authorized English version of Dr. Lee's autobiography. The original Chinese version of the sold 1.2 million ......
