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Product Description: Presenting Pictures is a book for serious historians, but it is also for those interested in museums and their collections, and anyone who is intrigued by the transmission of images, from the printing process, through motion pictures, to the digital age and the Internet.

Product Description: Ten in-depth studies and commentaries examining transportation artifacts and the systems of mobility in which they are embedded, from early jet engines to self-driving cars. Analysis is cultural and social as well as technological...read more

From 1750 to the present day, this history of human technology and invention presents more than 450 photographs and illustrations, informative captions, and easy-to-follow text to explore the rise of technological innovation, discussing such advances as the electric light, the atomic bomb, the steam train, the space shuttle, and the computer. (view table of contents)

'This fascinating encyclopedia presents 325 historically significant scientific instruments from antiquity to the present. Instruments used for testing and monitoring in addition to those used for research are studied, including laboratory organisms such as E.coli. Each of the signed entries explains how the instrument works and how it is used, as well as tracing its invention, development, and distribution. The instrument's effect on the scientific community and society is also explored. Beautiful illustrations accompany many of the entries. The editors from the Science Museum in London and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History have provided an excellent addition to the history of sciences'.--'Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles', American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Kaum ein anderes Wort wird weltweit kontroverser diskutiert als der Begriff "Biotechnologie." 1988 wurden in den Niederlanden 1 700 Er- wachsene telefonisch nach ihrem Verstandnis des Wortes Biotechnologie befragt. Mehr als der Halfte von ihnen war der Begriff bekannt, obwohl ein Drittel keine klare Vorstellung von seiner Bedeutung hatte...read more

This book shows, for the first time, how modern biotechnology grew out of this century's hopes for a new relationship between biology and engineering. Long before recombinant DNA, these promised a new kind of technology. By exploring the rich and surprisingly overlooked complex of prophesies, industrial and scientific development and government programs, the book sheds new light on the expectations now held for biotechnology. A world-wide view, covering developments, not just in America but also in Europe and Japan, uncovers surprising links. This makes possible a coherent story to supersede the historical notes which have been available until now. This first history of biotechnology provides a readable and challenging account that will appeal to anyone interested in the development of this key component of modern industry. (view table of contents)