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Books in the Greenwood Technographies series

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  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Lisa Nocks
    £53.49

    In almost all depictions of the future, one technology plays a prominent role - the robot. Science fiction movies and stories tell us that, in the not so distant future, robots - from Robbie the Robot to C3PO to the Terminator - will be everywhere, taking care of every human need.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Brian Regal
    £54.49

    This book chronicles the history of radio as technology and as media. all of whom strove to make radio into what they thought it should be. In addition, Radio: The Life Story of a Technology looks at the technology as a cultural phenomenon, including the corporate aspects and history of the business of radio.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Jeremy Kinney
    £53.49

    The invention of the airplane redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Alexander B. Magoun
    £53.49

    Part of a series that tells the "life story" of the objects and technologies that have become so vital to our daily lives. This volume combines a discussion of technical developments with a description of the effect the technology has on the fabric of society and culture. It traces the history of Television from its beginning.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by David Mercer
    £53.49

    Explores how the technology of the telephone has drastically altered how people work, how they keep in touch with friends and loved ones, and how they organise their daily lives.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Nicole Howard
    £54.49

    Provides a broad overview of the history of the printed book across many centuries, cultures, and in a variety of fields.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by A. Bowdoin (Independent Scholar Van Riper
    £57.99

    All three principal uses of rocket technology are covered in detail: missiles as long-range strategic weapons and short-range tactical weapons, and rockets as launch vehicles for sending payloads into space The book concludes with a survey of several types of non-chemical rockets now under development for use in outer space.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Rudi R. Volti
    £57.99

    The volume includes a chronology of the automobile's evolution, a glossary of technical terms, a selected bibliography, and more than 20 photographs and illustrations.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by David Morton
    £57.99

    How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century - Thomas Edison's phonography - eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries? This text traces the history of the cultural revolution begun by Edison's invention.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Barton C. Hacker
    £53.49

    At the same time, military concerns influenced, and and sometimes channeled, American engineering and scientific development. American Military Technology chronicles the interactions of technology and science with America's armed forces from colonial times to the end of the 20th century.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Robert C. Post
    £53.49

    This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around.

  • - The Life Story of a Technology
    by Eric G. Swedin
    £54.49

    Part of the Greenwood Technographies series Provides a worldwide examination of computing, and how such needs as security and defence during the Cold War drove the development of computing technology Shows how the computer has entered almost every aspect of daily life in the 21st century

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