Technology & Engineering
Discover a wide selection of technology and engineering books, including top-rated mechanical and software engineering textbooks,
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Inventions of the USAMeet brilliant American inventors and discover their marvelous inventions by means of the special see-through-page format. Be inspired to think up your own!Author: Carron BrownPublisher: Kane/Miller Book PublishersPublished: 03/01/2023Pages: 36Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 10.30h x 10.30w x 0.40dISBN: 9781684645176Audience: Ages 4-8
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Present FutureLearn from the past. Understand the present. Explore the future." . . . Present Future is a fascinating, expert look at the history of the key technological advances affecting life today, and preparation for the exponential leaps yet to come. . . . "-BILL...
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TrainsWhat's it like to drive a train? How are railway tunnels built? How do trains go up hill? This fantastic book for young readers has all the answers and more. With simple, easy-reading text, bright illustrations and fascinating photographs.Author: Emily BonePublisher: Usborne BooksPublished: 11/05/2024Pages:...
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Florida DMV Driver's Handbook: Practice for the Florida Permit Test with 350+ Driving Questions and AnswersTaking the Florida Learner's Permit Test? Ace It Without Any Problems With the Help of This Florida DMV Driver's Handbook.The driving exam features a variety of questions that will gauge your quick-thinking skills and require you to use common sense. The questions featured in...
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Diary of a Minecraft Zombie Book 26: Curse of the Stolen DiamondZombie and his friends are always challenging each other to ridiculous dares - but this time, things get a little too crazy!When Zombie sneaks into the Witch's house to complete his latest dare, he finds an old diamond hidden on a dusty shelf. To...
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Chainsaw Love: Field Notes on the World's Most Dynamic Power ToolBehold the mighty chainsaw and discover its history, its influence, and its people Considered the most powerful of all hand tools, the chainsaw has been vital to contemporary life in ways large, small, and sometimes surprising since it first came on the market in...
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Mission Moon: An Illustrated Guide to Space ExplorationIn anticipation of the upcoming Artemis moon landings, launch into this gorgeously illustrated exploration of space--and discover the incredible feats of technology and imagination that got us to the lunar surface. With glow-in-the-dark UV coating on cover. For almost all of time, the moon...
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The Watch Repairer's Manual: Second EditionThe Watch Repairer's Manual: Second EditionHenry B. Fried was "widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers." In the revised, second edition, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. The Watch Repairer's...
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The SunThe sun plays an important role in daily life. Beginning readers hone their phonics skills while learning facts about that great, big ball of gas in the sky! As readers practice decoding words with short vowel sounds, they gain science knowledge. Every Stairway Decodables...
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Road BuildersEver wonder how a road is built? Come along with Caldecott Medalist Simms Taback and find out! First you'll meet the crew. Then you'll see all the trucks up close--cement mixers, bulldozers, dump trucks, graders, pavers--and learn what each one does. And finally, you'll...
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Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African DiasporaMangrove rice farming on West Africa's Rice Coast was the mirror image of tidewater rice plantations worked by enslaved Africans in 18th-century South Carolina and Georgia. This book reconstructs the development of rice-growing technology among the Baga and Nalu of coastal Guinea, beginning more...
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The Line: AI and the Future of PersonhoodA "terrific" exploration of AI in our chatbot-obsessed era--and how it will challenge our ideas about personhood (New Yorker) Chatbots like ChatGPT have challenged human exceptionalism: we are no longer the only beings capable of generating language and ideas fluently. But is ChatGPT conscious?...
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Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhatten ProjectGeneral Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name "The Manhattan Project." As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for what was...
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Volkswagen Vanagon Repair Manual: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991This Volkswagen Vanagon repair manual contains the repair information provided by Volkswagen to their factory-trained technicians for T3 platform Vanagon models. It's heavily illustrated with high quality photographs and drawings, and covers routine maintenance and service work, including information on maintenance and repair of...
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Making ShojiLearn to make traditional Japanese sliding doors and screens for your home!The construction of shoji--Japanese sliding doors and screens--requires great skill and attention to detail. However, the task is within the reach of amateur woodworkers, and the results will add grace and serenity to...
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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs ImprovementWhen bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most...
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How Do Monster Trucks Work?"Prime material for budding gearheads and mechanics."--School Library JournalMonster trucks are huge and strong. How do their tires help them bounce? And how do people drive these giant vehicles? Find out how monster trucks work, the special equipment they need, and how they crush...
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Firefighters and Highrises: 2nd EditionAfter serving many years as an engine officer in the same suburban fire station, you pull up in front of your first real highrise fire. It's a 30 story senior living facility with fire showing at several windows about half way up the building....
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Inventing the Future: Stories from a Techno-Optimist"I hope that Cori's belief in each one of us as a maker and inventor-and her examples of how technology and business can be fundamentally humanist-will be motivating and inspiring to many people, particularly those who are still choosing their path." Yo-Yo Ma, an...
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Typewriter: The History, the Machines, the WritersPersonal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual experience on...
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