Book Reviews
- William Albert: The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840
- development, administration, finance; repair and transport costs
- John D. Anderson Jr: Inventing Flight
The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors
- Andy Bielenberg: The Shannon Scheme
and the Electrification of the Irish Free State
- David Blockley: Bridges
The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures
- Geoff Coyle: The Riches Beneath Our Feet
How Mining Shaped Britain
- Keith Farrer: To Feed a Nation
A history of Australian food science and technology
- Larrie D. Ferreiro: Ships and Science
The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800
- Neil Gershenfeld: The Physics of Information Technology*
- a graduate or higher undergraduate text
- David Harrison: The Bridges of Medieval England*
Transport and Society 400-1800
- Brian Hayes: Infrastructure*
A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape
- Marc Levinson: The Box*
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
- David JC MacKay: Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air
- the constraints on powering the United Kingdom
- Randall Munroe: Thing Explainer
Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
- Joseph Needham: The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: 3*
- nautical technology and the compass
- Jason Parisi, Justin Ball: The Future of Fusion Energy*
- the science, engineering, history and politics
- Henk Tennekes: The Simple Science of Flight*
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
- Colin Tucker: How To Drive a Nuclear Reactor
- layout, operation, and control
- Theodore Wildi: Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems
- an undergraduate text with little mathematics
See also:
physics |
transport
Both my father and my most regular bushwalking companion are
electrical engineers.