History
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Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992
$39.95 Read moreThe inspiration for the documentary Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
At first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But among the talented men- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight
- Author: Houston, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0803269374
- Language: English
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How Apollo Flew to the Moon
$59.99 Add to cartStung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union – in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reach… [more below]
- Series: Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration
- Author: Woods, W. David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: August 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1441971785
- Language: English
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The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology
$17.00 Add to cartThis riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft–which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.
The atomic bomb- Author: Cook, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 12 2003
- ISBN10: 0767906284
- Language: English
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Rust: The Longest War
$18.99 Add to cartFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ** A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
Rust has been called “the great destroyer,” the “pervasive menace,” and “the evil.” “This look at corrosio- Author: Waldman, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1451691602
- Language: English
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Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
$19.99 Add to cartOne of the most exhilarating true adventures in history, the race into space was marked by courage, duplicity, political paranoia, astonishing technological feats, and unbelievable triumphs in the fac
- Author: Cadbury, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0061176281
- Language: English
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One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon
$21.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling, “meticulously researched and absorbingly written” (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 mo… [more below]
- Author: Fishman, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1501106309
- Language: English
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Connections
$28.00 Add to cartHow did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press?
How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer?
How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually… [more below]- Author: Burke, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 03 2007
- ISBN10: 0743299558
- Language: English
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Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age
$21.99 Add to cartAcclaimed historian Leslie Berlin’s “deeply researched and dramatic narrative of Silicon Valley’s early years…is a meticulously told…compelling history” (The New York Times) of the men and women w… [more below]
- Author: Berlin, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1451651511
- Language: English
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Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
$32.00 Add to cartWhat they didn’t want you to know
“We all watched in shock and disbelief when Challenger was lost. Probably no one felt more disappointment and regret than Allan McDonald, who had warned us not to laun
- Author: McDonald, Allan J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0813041937
- Language: English
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Devil in the Stack: Searching for the Soul of the New Machine
$28.00 Add to cartFrom internationally-bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusi
- Author: Smith, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0802158846
- Language: English
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The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at Nasa, Enlarged Edition
$46.67 Add to cartThe original publication of The Challenger Launch Decision occurred on January 28th, 1996, the 10th anniversary of that catastrophe. That very morning, a Sunday, the book was features in the New York … [more below]
- Author: Vaughan, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 620
- Publish Date: January 04 2016
- ISBN10: 022634682X
- Language: English
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Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History 50th Anniversary Edition
$45.00 Add to cartThis special edition of Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, an official NASA publication, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Moon landing with a thrilling insider’s view of the s… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Astronomy
- Author: Cortright, Edgar M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0486836525
- Language: English
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Technology: An Illustrated History of Machines from Stone Axes to Robotics and AI
$24.95 Read moreHere is the essential guide to the history of technology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how tools have built our civilization, changed our environment, and could even alt
- Series: 100 Ponderables
- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1627951652
- Language: English
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The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
$39.99 Add to cartLearn fascinating history and trivia you never knew about things we use on a daily basis from the host of highly popular THE STORY BEHIND podcast.
- Series: Story Behind
- Author: Prokop, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 255
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1684812704
- Language: English
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Analog
$16.95 Add to cartWhy, surrounded by screens and smart devices, we feel a deep connection to the analog–vinyl records, fountain pens, Kodak film, and other nondigital tools.
We’re surrounded by screens; our music come- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Hassan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262544490
- Language: English
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The Barcode: How a Team Created One of the World’s Most Ubiquitous Technologies
$20.00 Add to cartTen billion or more times each day, electronic scanners read data encoded in black-and-white codes-barcodes-printed on or affixed to physical goods. The Barcode is the memoir from the team who helped
- Author: McEnroe, Paul V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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The Philosopher of Palo Alto: Mark Weiser, Xerox Parc, and the Original Internet of Things
$29.00 Read moreA compelling biography of Mark Weiser, a pioneering innovator whose legacy looms over the tech industry’s quest to connect everything–and who hoped for something better.
When developers and critics- Author: Tinnell, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 022675720X
- Language: English
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Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
$32.50 Add to cartStarting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the
- Author: Houston, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 0393882144
- Language: English
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Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History
$35.00 Read more“A hugely entertaining achievement.” –Esquire
“An engaging survey through a period of intellectual history that reveals as much about people who wear watches as the objects on their wrists.” – Wall Str
- Author: Struthers, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0063048701
- Language: English
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
$21.00 Add to cartThis New York Times bestselling memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both
- Author: Kranz, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 23, 2009
- ISBN10: 1439148813
- Language: English
