Focuses on the human factors behind the invention of the transistor, highlighting the pride and scientific ambitions of the team who spawned the epoch-making technology

Recounts the origin and evolution of electronic computers, including how America's security and defense needs during the Cold War drove the development of computing technology.

Presents a history of the automobile and its influence on American culture, covering technological changes in car production and its effect on government regulations, highway ...

Relates how the technology of urban mass transit and society interact.

Introduces the history of the book, beginning with papyrus in ancient Egypt, through the development of the printing press, to current computer-based technologies, including ...

Introduces readers to the history of rocket and missile technology and its impact on society.