Technology & Engineering
Discover a wide selection of technology and engineering books, including top-rated mechanical and software engineering textbooks,
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Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet with a New Introduction by the AuthorAn engaging, narrative tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives to see the dark beating heart of the Internet itself.We are all connected now. But connected to what, exactly? In Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum takes readers on a fascinating journey to find out.When...
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This Book Bubbles Over: From the Ocean to Mars and Everywhere in BetweenThis book really pops, full as it is of fascinating bubbles--useful and entertaining, noisy and silencing, lifesaving and dangerous, microscopic and bigger than a sports stadium. What is a bubble? A puff of air, a swirl of gas, temporarily trapped in something else. Perhaps...
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The Unwritten Laws of EngineeringThis new, second edition of the 1944 classic serves as a crucial compilation of house rules, or a professional code. It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at once; laws relating chiefly to engineering executives; and purely personal considerations for engineers....
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The Ultimate Construction Site BookExperience the sounds, sights, and activity of a construction site: A crane lifts steel bars for a skyscraper, a tunnel boring machine digs underground... Best of all, lots of flaps, popups, pull-tabs, and rotating wheels bring trucks, bridges, and structures to life. Readers will...
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The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World--And Shapes Our FutureIn the tradition of classics such as The Lives of a Cell, a bold reframing of our relationship with technology that argues code is "a universal force--swirling through disciplines, absorbing ideas, and connecting worlds" (Linda Liukas). In the digital world, code is the essential...
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The Heart of Science: Engineering BlueprintIn the capstone volume of The Heart of Science trilogy, award-winning engineer and first-ever 3M Chief Science Advocate Jayshree Seth, Ph.D., presents Engineering Blueprint, a transformative guide for professional and personal growth. Building upon the insights and wisdom from the mental models of her...
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The Great Shark EscapeA class trip to the aquarium winds up in the depths of the ocean as Ms. Frizzle's class must escape the jaws of a great white shark! During their adventure, Ms. Frizzle teaches the class about different shark species, including the goblin shark, angel...
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The Greatest Stuff on Earth: The Amazing Science of Sunlight, Smartphones, Microphones, Mushrooms & Everything In-BetweenThe amazing science of sunlight, smartphones, microphones, mushrooms and everything in-between.Have you ever stopped to think about all the stuff you encounter every day? There's the stuff you breathe, the stuff you eat, the stuff you wear, the stuff you read, the stuff you...
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The Frindle FilesIn the long-awaited follow-up to the beloved classic Frindle, a new generation of kids discovers the power of words and imagination - and yes, even screens - to solve a mystery and change their world! "A fitting final work from a master storyteller."--Kirkus Reviews...
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The FactoryStep inside the Factory in this suspenseful exploration of power, exploitation, and the nature of time that Kirkus calls a "gripping, fast-paced story with a cliffhanger ending," and a "complex beginning to what will surely be a sought-after series"!Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle is no stranger...
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The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of LifeAn awe-inspiring journey into the world of proteins--how they shape life, and their remarkable potential to heal our bodies and our planet. Each fall, a robin begins the long trek north from Gibraltar to her summer home in Central Europe. Nestled deep in her...
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The CircleINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives--a "compulsively readable parable for the 21st century" (Vanity Fair). When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Movie Tie-In Edition): Young Readers EditionNew York Times Bestseller - Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor! A gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in...
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The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden - Natural Beekeeping Techniques - New VarroaA Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Healthy, Happy, and Productive Bees. Experience the timeless joy of beekeeping--right in your backyard or on your urban rooftop--with this fully updated and accessible resource for beekeepers of all levels. More than just a how-to guide, The Backyard Beekeeper...
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The Art of War: Deluxe Slipcase EditionThis deluxe hardback edition of The Art of War is bound in luxurious silk and presented in a decorative slipcase, making the perfect collectible. Written around the 6th century BC, The Art of War is one of the oldest and most influential books on...
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The Art of Natural Cheesemaking: Using Traditional, Non-Industrial Methods and Raw Ingredients to Make the World's Best CheesesIncluding more than 35 step-by-step recipes from the Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking Most DIY cheesemaking books are hard to follow, complicated, and confusing, and call for the use of packaged freeze-dried cultures, chemical additives, and expensive cheesemaking equipment. For though bread baking has...
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The Air We Share: A Pollution Problem and Finding Ways to Fix ItWhat goes up there ends up here! That's because air travels around the earth and carries lots of stuff in it! Air carries mostly good stuff like seeds, scents, and sounds. And it carries bad stuff like ash, dust and smog. Read about ....
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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall DownIn a book that Business Insider noted as one of the "14 Books that inspired Elon Musk," J.E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose. For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't...
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Stemville: The Fast LaneThe annual Big Race has arrived in STEMville! Gather around the track to watch the town's contestants compete to become this year's champion. Frankie Thunderfoot comes from a family of confident trophy winners, while Wilbur Hardshell's race team are slow, steady and mathematical in...
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Starstuff: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Celebrate New PossibilitiesIn a thrilling follow-up to Tasting Light, ten best-selling and award-winning masters of the form use the possible--and the premise of hope--to explore how science and technology can reshape our world and defy assumptions. At once a collection of hard science fiction for curious...
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