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Exhibiting Electricity
ISBN: 9780852968956 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unusual book traces the history of public and technical exhibitions, from their origins in the late 18th Century to present day, and, particularly, how they have reflected the progress of science and technology especially electrical technology). Not only does the author show how electrical innovation and manufacture have been presented to the wider public through this period, but he also shows how the exhibitions themselves have required technological advice.
This unusual book traces the history of public and technical exhibitions, from their origins in the late 18th Century to present day, and, particularl...
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379,59 |
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Karl Terzaghi : The Engineer as Artist
ISBN: 9780784403648 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Foreword by Ralph Peck If civil engineering were a game, Karl Terzaghi had a right to lay down the rules--he had invented and established much of the groundwork. Terzhaghi (1883-1963) is one of the leading civil engineers of the 20th century and is widely known as the father of soil mechanics. His lifelong application of the principles established in his work took him throughout the world to engineering challenges in Communist Russia, Nazi Germany, America, and the entire post-war world. Terzaghi's fame as a master engineer is well known but the story of his... Foreword by Ralph Peck If civil engineering were a game, Karl Terzaghi had a right to lay down the rules--he had invented and estab... |
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238,04 |
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Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
ISBN: 9780812222296 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the twentieth century sound underwent a dramatic transformation as new technologies and social practices challenged conventional aural experience. As a result, sound functioned as a means to exert social, cultural, and political power in unprecedented and unexpected ways. The fleeting nature of sound has long made it a difficult topic for historical study, but innovative scholars have recently begun to analyze the sonic traces of the past using innovative approaches. Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction investigates sound as part of the social construction of... During the twentieth century sound underwent a dramatic transformation as new technologies and social practices challenged conventional aural exper... |
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The Wired Northwest: The History of Electric Power, 1870s-1970s
ISBN: 9780700618736 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Pacific Northwest holds an abundance of resources for energy production, from hydroelectric power to coal, nuclear power, wind turbines, and even solar panels. But hydropower is king. Dams on the Columbia, Snake, Fraser, Kootenay, and dozens of other rivers provided the foundation for an expanding, regionally integrated power system in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. A broad historical synthesis chronicling the region's first century of electrification, Paul Hirt's new study reveals how the region's citizens struggled to build a power system that was technologically efficient,...
The Pacific Northwest holds an abundance of resources for energy production, from hydroelectric power to coal, nuclear power, wind turbines, and even ...
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242,90 |
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How to Catch a Lobster in Down East Maine
ISBN: 9781609496029 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book will tell the history and story of Down East Maine lobster fishing. Author Christina Lemieux's family has been lobster fishermen for four generations, and the book draws from their personal recollections and documentation. It will then bring to life the experience of Down East Maine lobster fishing and living in a lobster fishing community. The book details how one goes about catching lobster, the seasons of lobster fishing and the perils of such a physically grueling job. It also talks about lobster culture" some of the unique pastimes of lobster fishermen, such as the sport of...
The book will tell the history and story of Down East Maine lobster fishing. Author Christina Lemieux's family has been lobster fishermen for four gen...
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75,98 |
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Bridges and More: Celebrating 125 Years of Civil Engineering at Purdue
ISBN: 9781557536389 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bridges and More takes the reader from the early years of Civil Engineering when Purdue's campus consisted of a smattering of red brick buildings surrounded by grassy meadows and roads flanked by white, wooden fences to today's state-of-the-art facilities such as the Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research and the online hub for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).The highly illustrated book touches on major milestones in Purdue Civil Engineering history from Road School, to the Ross Summer Surveying Camp, to Purdue's involvement in world landmarks...
Bridges and More takes the reader from the early years of Civil Engineering when Purdue's campus consisted of a smattering of red brick buildings surr...
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94,84 |
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Becoming MIT: Moments of Decision
ISBN: 9780262518154 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did MIT become MIT? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 2011. Over the years, MIT has lived by its motto, "Mens et Manus" ("Mind and Hand"), dedicating itself to the pursuit of knowledge and its application to real-world problems. MIT has produced leading scholars in fields ranging from aeronautics to economics, invented entire academic disciplines, and transformed ideas into market-ready devices. This book examines a series of turning points, crucial decisions that helped define MIT. Many of these issues have relevance today: the... How did MIT become MIT? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 2011. Over the years, MIT has live... |
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165,94 |
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Everyday Technology: Machines and the Making of India's Modernity
ISBN: 9780226922027 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract "Hind Swaraj," laying out his vision for the future of India and famously rejecting the technological innovations of Western civilization. Despite his protestations, Western technology endured and helped to make India one of the leading economies in our globalized world. Few would question the dominant role that technology plays in modern life, but to fully understand how India first advanced into technological modernity, argues David Arnold, we must consider the technology of the...
In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract "Hind Swaraj," laying out his vision f...
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409,08 |
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Science and the American Century: Readings from Isis
ISBN: 9780226925141 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twentieth century was one of astonishing change in science, especially as pursued in the United States. Against a backdrop of dramatic political and economic shifts brought by world wars, intermittent depressions, sporadic and occasionally massive increases in funding, and expanding private patronage, this scientific work fundamentally reshaped everyday life. "Science and the American Century" offers some of the most significant contributions to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine during the twentieth century, all drawn from the pages of the journal...
The twentieth century was one of astonishing change in science, especially as pursued in the United States. Against a backdrop of dramatic political a...
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Challenges and Goals for Accelerators in the XXI Century
ISBN: 9789814436397 / Angielski / Twarda / 856 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past 100 years of accelerator-based research have led the field from first insights into the structure of atoms to the development and confirmation of the Standard Model of physics. Accelerators have been a key tool in developing our understanding of the elementary particles and the forces that govern their interactions. This book describes the past 100 years of accelerator development with a special focus on the technological advancements in the field, the connection of the various accelerator projects to key developments and discoveries in the Standard Model, how accelerator...
The past 100 years of accelerator-based research have led the field from first insights into the structure of atoms to the development and confirmatio...
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1311,62 |
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Modern Steam Engines
ISBN: 9781603864633 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition To Include All 422 Original Engravings - An Elementary Treatise On The Steam Engine, Written In Plain Language; For Use In The Workshop As Well As In The Drawing Office Giving Full Explanations Of The Construction Of Modern Steam Engines -
An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition To Include All 422 Original Engravings - An Elementary Treatise On The Steam Engine, Written In Plain Language; For U...
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76,50 |
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Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security
ISBN: 9780813561578 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing American Rubber explores America's quest during tense decades of the twentieth century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. Straddling international revolutions and world wars, this unique and well-researched history chronicles efforts of leaders in business, science, and government to sever American dependence on foreign suppliers. Mark Finlay plots out intersecting networks of actors including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, prominent botanists, interned Japanese Americans, Haitian peasants, and ordinary citizensuall of whom contributed to this search for economic...
Growing American Rubber explores America's quest during tense decades of the twentieth century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. ...
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Kolej jabłonowska
ISBN: 9788320615135 / Polski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trzecia i zarazem ostatnia książka z cyklu poświęconego Warszawskim Kolejom Dojazdowym. Przedstawiono w niej dzieje kolei jabłonowskiej - wąskotorowej kolei prawego brzegu Wisły funkcjonujacej w latach 1900-1963. Do roku 1914 była to kolej z Jabłonny do Wawra, w latach swej świetności łączyła Jabłonnę z Karczewem, a od 1956 roku istniała w szczątkowej postaci - od Otwocka do Karczewa.W latach II wojny światowej została scalona przez okupanta nimieckiego z koleją marecką. To właśnie koleją jabłonowską przez całą okupację przemycano do Warszawy znaczne ilości...
Trzecia i zarazem ostatnia książka z cyklu poświęconego Warszawskim Kolejom Dojazdowym. Przedstawiono w niej dzieje kolei jabłonowskiej - wąskot...
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52,50 |
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Motocykle MZ od 1950 roku
ISBN: 9788320616057 / Polski / Kartonowa Foliowana / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zarys historii niemieckiej firmy produkującej motocykle powszechnie znane pod marką MZ. Krótka charakterystyka poszczególnych serii motocykli MZ oraz opisy wszystkich odmian modeli wytwarzanych seryjnie od 1950 roku, w kolejności chronologicznej według daty rozpoczęcia produkcji, włącznie z limitowanymi seriami specjalnymi. W opisach uwzględniono wiele ciekawostek związanych z przedstawianymi motocyklami oraz podstawowe dane techniczne. Opisano także wszystkie produkowane motocykle MZ z wózkami bocznymi. Całość bogato zilustrowana zdjęciami opisywanych pojazdów.
Zarys historii niemieckiej firmy produkującej motocykle powszechnie znane pod marką MZ. Krótka charakterystyka poszczególnych serii motocykli MZ o...
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BEVATON - Berliner Verfahren zur auditiven Tonhöhenanalyse
ISBN: 9783484302051 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Practical Watch Collecting for the Beginner
ISBN: 9780982358450 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this introduction, Richard Watkins welcomes new watch collectors to the hobby by sharing the basics of collecting. A longtime collector himself, Watkins seeks to provide a foundation for the beginning horologist with numerous photographs illustrating detailed features of the watches he discusses. He guides the reader through key elements of watch evaluation, dating watches using hallmarks and serial numbers, how to spot fakes, and understanding complications. In addition, Watkins explains the basics of watch repair and gives many suggestions for the essential publications needed to... In this introduction, Richard Watkins welcomes new watch collectors to the hobby by sharing the basics of collecting. A longtime collector himself,... |
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220,07 |
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The Original and Growth of Printing
ISBN: 9781904799535 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published for the first time with The King's Grant of Privilege for Sole Printing Common-Law-Books Defended and The Vindication of Richard Atkyns Esquire, with introduction, notes and index. They concern his life, the history of printing in England, the English Civil War, the collapse in both his fortune and his marriage. His eyewitness accounts of battles are pungent with the smell of gun powder.
Published for the first time with The King's Grant of Privilege for Sole Printing Common-Law-Books Defended and The Vindication of Richard Atkyns Esqu...
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63,82 |
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Building Egyptian Pyramids: Achieving the Impossible -(Revised 2012)
ISBN: 9781480203402 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Building Egyptian Pyramids - Achieving the Impossible This book provides a comprehensive description of all the design and building processes the Ancient Egyptians might have used to build their pyramids. Many of these are my original ideas and are the result of a search for practical and credible solutions to each of the problems presented. This is a book, not only about moving heavy blocks of stone, but a systematic and detailed sequential description of every aspect of pyramid building, which explains how the Ancient Egyptians were able to create all their monuments with the tools and...
Building Egyptian Pyramids - Achieving the Impossible This book provides a comprehensive description of all the design and building processes the Anci...
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63,82 |
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Lives of Engineers
ISBN: 9783955077549 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life and works of two of the very first civil engineers. Reprint of the 1879 edition.
Life and works of two of the very first civil engineers. Reprint of the 1879 edition.
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259,01 |
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Finding Oil: The Nature of Petroleum Geology, 1859-1920
ISBN: 9780803290624 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Because oil has made fortunes, caused wars, and shaped nations, no one questions the assertion that the quest for oil is a quest for power. The question we should ask, Finding Oil suggests, is rather what kind of power prospectors have wanted. This book revises oil s early history by exploring the incredibly varied stories of the men who pitted themselves against nature to unleash the power of oil.
Brian Frehner shows how, despite the towering presence of a figure like John D. Rockefeller as a quintessential oil man, prospectors were a diverse lot who saw themselves, their... Because oil has made fortunes, caused wars, and shaped nations, no one questions the assertion that the quest for oil is a quest for power. The questi...
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97,10 |
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