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W. Patrick McCray
When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. This book tells the…
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In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity’s expansion. Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular…
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The transformation of the Venetian glass industry during the Renaissance was not only a technical phenomena, but also a social one. This is an examination of the demand, production and…
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Electrifying the World of Art explores the history of the contemporary art and technology movement-and the people involved-in the pursuit of new art, commercial innovation, and creative collaborations –
By focusing on the history of the Gemini Observatory-twin 8-meter telescopes located on mountain peaks in Hawaii and Chile-Giant Telescopes tells the story behind the planning and construction of modern…
David Kaiser
In his 1969 book The Making of a Counterculture, Theodore Roszak described the youth of the late 1960s as fleeing science as if from a place inhabited by plague, and…
An interdisciplinary guide to the 20th-century Southern California-based artists who investigated phenomena from the realms of optical science, astronomy, aerospace engineering and math
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The American West–where such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significance–has been viewed as a frontier of technological innovation. Where Minds and Matters…
Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, this book includes essays that take a cultural measure of the region’s great technological milestones, including San Diego’s Panama-California…
