Download or read book Eurekaaargh written by Adam Hart-Davis and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2013-03-10 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 stories of weird and wonderful inventions.
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Download or read book Steam in the Air written by Maurice Kelly and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of steam engines and describes how steam engines were adapted for use in flight.
Download or read book The Real World of Victorian Steampunk written by Simon Webb and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the surprising nineteenth-century technology that inspires this literary and cultural movement: “I was very impressed by this book.” —SF Crowsnest In recent decades, steampunk has grown from a rather obscure subgenre of science fiction into a striking and distinctive style of fashion, art, design, and even music. It is in the written word, however, that steampunk has its roots—and in this book Simon Webb explores and examines the real inventions that underpin the fantasy. In doing so, he reveals a world unknown to most people today. Webb reveals the Victorian era as a surprising place: one of steam-powered airplanes, fax machines linking Moscow and St Petersburg, steam cars traveling at over 100 mph, electric taxis, and wireless telephones. It is, in short, the nineteenth century as you’ve never before seen it—a steampunk extravaganza of anachronistic technology and unfamiliar gadgets. Imagine Europe spanned by a mechanical internet, a telecommunication system of clattering semaphore towers capable of transmitting information across the continent in a matter of minutes. Consider too, the fact that a steam plane the size of a modern airliner took off in England in 1894. Drawing entirely on contemporary sources, we see how little-known developments in technology have been used as the basis for so many steampunk narratives. From seminal novels such as The Difference Engine to the steampunk fantasy of Terry Pratchett’s later works, this book shows that steampunk is at least as much solid fact as it is whimsical fiction.
Download or read book The Analogue Revolution written by Simon Webb and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the impact of new communication technology on early 20th century British society, with comparisons to the digital revolution of today. We are all familiar with the digital revolution that has swept across the developed world in recent years. It has ushered in an age of smartphones, laptop computers and ready access to the internet. A little over a century ago, a similar explosion took place in the field of information and communication technology. This revolution was not digital but analogue, and it saw the birth of mass media such as newspapers, cinema and radio. In The Analogue Revolution, Simon Webb examines the impact that developments in printing, photography, wireless telegraphy, gramophones and moving pictures had in the years preceding the First World War, and shows how the modern world was shaped by the media used to record it. From the first mass-circulation newspapers to cameras so cheap that everybody could afford them, from early experiments in radio broadcasting to cinema films in color, The Analogue Revolution charts the history of the first information revolution of the twentieth century. The parallels with the modern world are uncanny, ranging from anxiety about the use of new technology to distribute pornography, to worries about children losing interest in reading because they prefer to watch films. For anybody wishing to understand the modern world, this book is an essential primer in the nature of information revolutions and the way in which they affect the world.
Download or read book The Practice Effect written by David Brin and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most critically acclaimed and well-loved authors of contemporary science fiction, a highly imaginative and exciting story as only David Brin can write . . . “High spirits and inventiveness . . . Dennis's adventures, which can only be called rollicking, are legion.”—Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Physicist Dennis Nuel was the first human to probe the strange realms called anomaly worlds—alternate universes where the laws of science were unpredictably changed. But the world Dennis discovered seemed almost like our own—with one perplexing difference. To his astonishment, he was hailed as a wizard and found himself fighting beside a beautiful woman with strange powers against a mysterious warlord as he struggled to solve the riddle of this baffling world. “A delightful, often very witty story, with the underlying thoughtfulness we expect from David Brin.”—Poul Anderson
Download or read book Time and the Shape of History written by P. J. Corfield and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia, but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible, and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock).
Download or read book English Eccentrics Their Bizarre Behaviour written by David Long and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just why has England been blessed with so many quirky people? A delightful look at this phenomenon from an award–winning and “superbly talented” author (Sunday Express). From the eighteenth-century judge who insisted all babies were born with tails that were secretly removed by midwives to the twentieth-century schoolmaster who left twenty-six thousand pounds to the Lord Jesus Christ (upon His return and satisfactory proof of His identity), England is famed for its colorful characters. In this exploration of eccentrics through history, David Long studies these beloved real-life figures and their bizarre legacy, including the many strange buildings they left behind—not just follies but re-creations of exotic palaces. He also discusses why eccentrics still spark a continuing fascination, and highlights the most notable (not just the most famous) in his entertaining essays. In addition to a useful timeline that sets the scene, this book reveals where readers can see the long-lasting legacy of the eccentric for themselves, from Brighton Pavilion to the follies at Stourhead and Castle Howard. “A new book by David Long is always something to cherish.” —Londonist
Download or read book Ink Sandwiches Electric Worms and 37 Other Experiments for Saturday Science written by Neil A. Downie and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book is a job well done, and I recommend it for anyone trying to get physics across to non-specialist audiences." -- Physics Today
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Download or read book Fibonacci s Rabbits written by Adam Hart-Davis and published by Modern Books. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word mathematics comes from the Greek word mathema, meaning knowledge or learning. And indeed mathematics is at the heart of almost all processes and patterns that occur in the modern world, yet many still find the discipline hard to fathom. Fibonacci's Rabbits solves this problem in bite-sized 'hops', de scribing the 50 most critical discoveries and revolutionary moments in the history of mathematics from Ancient Greece to the present day.
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Download or read book Taking the Piss written by Adam Hart-Davis and published by Nonsuch Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadcast as an award-winning radio programme on BBC Radio 4 under the title of 'Taking the Piss Out of London', this work by Adam Hart-Davis takes the reader on a fascinating tour of an altogether different kind. It is a funny and compulsive work filled with anecdotes and tales, from Marilyn Monroe to the Victorians.
