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Inside Technology Série de eBooks

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  • The Unreliable Nation

    Hostile Nature and Technological Failure in the Cold War

    de Edward Jones-Imhotep ...
    Séries series Inside Technology
    An examination of how technological failures defined nature and national identity in Cold War Canada.Throughout the modern period, nations defined themselves through the relationship between nature and machines. Many cast themselves as a triumph of technology over the forces of climate, geography, and environment. Some, however, crafted a powerful alternative identity: they defined themselves not ... Leia mais

    R$ 126,19

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  • The Disordered Cosmos

    A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

    de Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ...
    From a star astrophysicist and author of the national bestseller The Edge of Space Time**, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos – and a call for a more just, inclusive practice of science.****“A love letter to the wonderous universe we call home, and an urge to think critically about how we explore its depths” –**Smithsonian MagazineIn The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Presc ... Leia mais

    R$ 63,89

  • the Montauk Project and Philadelphia Experiment

    de various ...
    Séries series Volume 2

    R$ 14,97

  • New Dark Age

    Technology and the End of the Future

    de James Bridle ...
    From the highly acclaimed author of WAYS OF BEING. We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer understand what is happening around us. Underlying all of these trends is a single idea: the belief that quantitative data can provide a coherent ... Leia mais

    R$ 43,89

  • Normal Accidents

    Living with High Risk Technologies

    de Charles Perrow ...
    Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories of accidents. (At Chernobyl, tests of a new safety ... Leia mais

    R$ 151,49

  • The Essential Engineer

    de Henry Petroski ...
    From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world’s most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural disasters to the development of efficient automobiles and the search for renewable energy sources. While the ... Leia mais

    R$ 26,29

  • Where Is My Flying Car?

    de J. Storrs Hall ...
    From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future.The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation. We’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast ... Leia mais

    R$ 50,03

  • Conspiracy - HAARP

    Good Or Evil

    de Grant Boyden ...
    Séries series Conspiracy
    Is it one of the worlds most controversial tools of science or just another weapon of mass destruction? The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, AKA HAARP, is an ionospheric research program designed to advance our understanding of Earth Science.But, HAARP is not only capable of helping mankind, it can destroy it too. This book will make you stop and think because the difference with ... Leia mais

    R$ 14,30

  • Structural Engineering

    A Very Short Introduction

    de David Blockley ...
    Séries series Very Short Introductions
    Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner? Everything has structure. Structure is the difference between a random pile of components and a fully functional object. Through structure the parts connect to make the whole. Natural structures vary from the very smallest part of an atom to the entire cosmology of the universe. Man-made ... Leia mais

    R$ 40,01

  • The Planet Remade

    How Geoengineering Could Change the World

    de Oliver Morton ...
    The risks of global warming are real, and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without fossil fuels is daunting, and possibly insurmountable. So there is an urgent need for new thinking on climate change. To meet that need, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system. A stratospheric veil against the sun; ... Leia mais

    R$ 82,69

  • Pinpoint

    How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds

    de Greg Milner ...
    "One of the most mesmerizing and exhilarating, yet alarming modern technology books…an extraordinary tale." —Gillian Tett, Financial TimesPinpoint tells the fascinating story of a hidden system that touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Tracking the development of GPS from its origins as a bomb guidance system to its present ubiquity, Greg Milner examines the technology’s double-edged effect ... Leia mais

    R$ 62,09

  • The Anti-Gravity Files

    A Compilation of Patents and Reports

    de David Hatcher Childress ...
    In the tradition of The Anti-Gravity Handbook and the Time-Travel Handbook comes this all-new compilation of material on anti-gravity, free energy, flying saucers and Tesla technology. With plenty of technical drawings and explanations, this suppressed technology will change the world in ways we can only dream of. Chapters on anti-gravity mercury gyros, the motionless electromagnet generator ... Leia mais

    R$ 79,39