Great Electronic Gadget Designs 1900 Today

Author : Ian Graham
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 1484626184
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Electronic Gadget Designs 1900 - Today written by Ian Graham and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the development of electronics design from the first transistor radio and the Telstar satellite to the Roomba and the Kindle, profiles noted designers, and discusses the design process and possible future developments.

Author : Ian Graham
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1406296813
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Electronic Gadget Designs 1900 - Today written by Ian Graham and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the most amazing gadget designs since 1900. From the Japanese Tamagotchi to the iPhone, this book charts the story of design that led to some amazing games and gadgets. We look at the needs that prompted their design, the designers responsible for breaking boundariesand the technology that made them possible.

Author : Ian Graham
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1406296821
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Building Designs 1900 - Today written by Ian Graham and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the most amazing building designs since 1900. From the Empire State Building to modern design, this book charts the story of design that led to some amazing games and gadgets. We look at the needs that prompted their design, the architects responsible for breaking boundariesand the technology that made them possible.

Author : Richard Spilsbury
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1406296805
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Car Designs 1900 - Today written by Richard Spilsbury and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the most amazing car designs since 1900. From the Mini Cooper to the gull-wing doors of the Mercedes 300SL, this book charts the story of design that led to some amazing machines. We look at the needs that prompted their design, the designers responsible for breaking boundaries and the technology that made them possible.

Author : Richard Spilsbury
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1406296791
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Aircraft Designs 1900 - Today written by Richard Spilsbury and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the most amazing aircraft designs since 1900. From the Wright brothers' Flyer to supersonic jets, this book charts the story of design that led to some amazing machines. We look at the needs that prompted their design, the designers responsible for breaking boundaries and the technology that made them possible.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1946-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

Author : Oscar J. Martinez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317555635
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexico's Uneven Development written by Oscar J. Martinez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico and the United States may be neighbors, but their economies offer stark contrasts. In Mexico’s Uneven Development: The Geographical and Historical Context of Inequality, Oscar J. Martínez explores Mexico’s history to explain why Mexico remains less developed than the United States. Weaving in stories from his own experiences growing up along the U.S.-Mexico border, Martínez shows how the foundational factors of external relations, the natural environment, the structures of production and governance, natural resources, and population dynamics have all played roles in shaping the Mexican economy. This interesting and thought-provoking study clearly and convincingly explains the issues that affect Mexico's underdevelopment. It will prove invaluable to anyone studying Mexico’s past or interested in its future.

Author : Carol Kennedy
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749441272
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Dynasties to Dotcoms written by Carol Kennedy and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262539683
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growth written by Vaclav Smil and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities—developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain.

Author : Jonathan Chapman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262045729
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meaningful Stuff written by Jonathan Chapman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more. Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily transform into meaningless junk? In Meaningful Stuff, Jonathan Chapman investigates why we throw away things that still work, and shows how we can design products, services, and systems that last. Obsolescence is an economically driven design decision--a plan to hasten a product's functional or psychological undesirability. Many electronic devices, for example, are intentionally impossible to dismantle for repair or recycling, their brief use-career proceeding inexorably to a landfill. A sustainable design specialist who serves as a consultant to global businesses and governmental organizations, Chapman calls for the decoupling of economic activity from mindless material consumption and shows how to do it. Chapman shares his vision for an "experience heavy, material light" design sensibility. This vital and timely new design philosophy reveals how meaning emerges from designed encounters between people and things, explores ways to increase the quality and longevity of our relationships with objects and the systems behind them, and ultimately demonstrates why design can--and must--lead the transition to a sustainable future.