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Explorez la révolution industrielle et comprenez comment l'essor des machines a bouleversé notre histoire sociale. D'un monde agraire rythmé par les saisons aux gigantesques villes ouvrières, cette transition brutale n'est pas qu'une question de mécanique. C'est le récit profondément...

Diese fesselnde Kulturgeschichte zeigt, wie ein gefährlicher Produktionsfehler zum ultimativen Luxussymbol aufstieg. Begleite die abenteuerliche Reise platzender Glasflaschen in dunklen Weinkellern direkt auf die schillernden Bankette der europäischen Eliten. Perfekt, um sich nach einem langen...

Découvrez l'histoire militaire et l'ingénierie impériale du plus gigantesque système défensif jamais érigé par l'homme. Des premières fondations en terre battue jusqu'aux majestueux remparts empierrés, cette traversée chronologique révèle comment des fortifications éparses sont...

Begleite den epischen historischen Kampf zwischen visionärer Ingenieurskunst und der unbändigen Kraft der Natur. Wenn du auf dem täglichen Weg zur Arbeit packende Technikgeschichte suchst, zieht dich diese dramatische Erzählung direkt in die rauen 1930er Jahre. Erfahre, wie ein wilder Strom...

Explorez une fascinante énigme archéologique où l'histoire antique défie la science moderne autour d'un artefact. Parfait pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens, ce voyage sonore captivant vous transporte dans les sables de la Mésopotamie pour interroger l'un des objets les plus troublants du...

Ce documentaire historique captivant révèle comment l'ultime chef-d'œuvre d'architecture a frôlé la destruction. Idéal lors de vos trajets quotidiens, cet audio immersif vous plonge au cœur des polémiques de l'Exposition universelle de 1889. Laissez-vous transporter dans une époque...

Brought to you by Penguin. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material...

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management. 

Skip the iPhone, the iPod, and the Macintosh. If you want to understand how Apple Inc. became an industry behemoth, look no further than the 1977 Apple II. The Apple II was a versatile piece of hardware, but its most compelling story isn't found in the feat of its engineering, the personalities of Apple's founders, or the way it set the stage for the company's multibillion-dollar future. Instead, historian Laine Nooney shows, what made the Apple II iconic was its software.

From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben...

The thrilling story of the nineteenth century's moonshot: An Atlantic-spanning telegraph cable that created the global village and changed the world. In 1854, the American entrepreneur Cyrus Field set out to lay a 2,000-mile telegraph cable across the Atlantic. Nothing like it had ever been...

An electrifying biography of one of the most extraordinary scientists of the twentieth century and the world he made. The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nuclear weapons and self-replicating spacecrafts. All bear...

La muerte de Steve Jobs ha conmocionado al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en más de cuarenta ocasiones en los últimos dos años, además de a un centenar de personas de su entorno, familiares, amigos, adversarios y colegas, Walter Isaacson nos presenta la única biografía escrita con la colaboración de Jobs, el retrato definitivo de uno de los iconos indiscutibles de nuestro tiempo, la crónica de la agitada vida y abrasiva personalidad del genio cuya creatividad, energía y afán de perfeccionismo revolucionaron seis industrias.

Uncover the fascinating culinary history of everyday eating tools and how table manners shaped human civilization. Whether you are commuting to the office or cooking for a dinner party, this thought-provoking journey transforms the mundane utensils in your kitchen drawer into powerful artifacts...

From the bestselling author of How Economics Shape Our World, a brisk history of how innovation is cultivated and its influence on everything from art to AI Scientists, economists, and historians are always looking into the past in order make informed decisions about how to improve our future...

The building of the Panama Canal was one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. A tale of exploration, conquest, money, politics, and medicine, Panama Fever charts the challenges that marked the long, labyrinthine road to the building of the canal. Drawing on a wealth of new...

In the years surrounding WWI, the basic models of many technologies we use today were invented and introduced en masse. Some organizations anticipated these changes and were able to adapt, but other organizations ignored them at their peril. The iconic British television series Downton Abbey provides a glimpse into this period of societal change. Whether you are a fan of the television series or not, the examples in this audiobook provide practical advice to effectively manage technological and cultural change.

Scientists and genetic engineers are becoming increasingly adept at editing the human genome. How far can—and should—they go in editing future generations? In The Promise and Peril of CRISPR, editor Neal Baer brings together a timely collection of essays by influential bioethicists, philosophers, and geneticists to explore the moral, ethical, and policy challenges posed by CRISPR technology.

Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. Computers have changed since...

The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components.