Best history of technology books according to redditors
We found 17 Reddit comments discussing the best history of technology books. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 17 Reddit comments discussing the best history of technology books. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Hi! Big hugs n' kissez to you, too! MWAH!
Nowhere did I advocate for the second War on Iraq; I only argued for a strong military.
If you're interested in a different perspective, I strongly recommend you read the work of John Norton Moore who explains his theories on why a strong deterrence is essential to maintaining peace.
I'll have to pick two for this one as well, though this pair might as well be one volume: Michael Barthorp's British Infantry Uniforms since 1660 and its companion British Cavalry Uniforms- Combined, they are an incredibly comprehensive study of the development of British army uniforms. Barthorp gives an outline of historical events effecting the army in each chapter, and how those events in turn shaped the army's appearance. Both volumes are also lavishly illustrated with plates by the great Pierre Turner, examples of whose work can be seen here.
> Going into it, I doubted anyone could write a full book on shipping containers that would be interesting.
I have a family member in the hazardous materials shipping business. He has this book called 55 Gallons, the History of Steel Drum Reconditioning. At 448 pages, he swears it is one of the most interesting history reads ever. I have decided to pass on reading it.
Depending on how hard core you want to get... there are some pages in this book that get into the physics.
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https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-That-Wait-Mine-Warfare/dp/B003HIWQKO
> The Lee-Enfield Story
This? http://www.amazon.com/Lee-Enfield-Story-Complete-Lee-Metford-S-M-L-E/dp/185367138X
This isn't really in any particular order, but here you go:
The Navy, ed. Rear-Admiral W.J. Holland
Battleships, by Paul Stillwell
US Navy in World War II, by Ronald Heiferman
History of the US Navy, by James Morris
The World's Great Battleships, by Robert Jackson
World War II US Naval Air Combat, by Robert Lawson & Barrett Tillman
US Battleships in Action: Part 1, by Robert Stern
US Battleships in Action: Part 2, by Robert Stern
US Aircraft Carriers in Action: Part 1, by Robert Stern
US Heavy Cruisers in Action: Part 1, by Al Adcock
US Heavy Cruisers in Action: Part 2, by Al Adcock
US Light Cruisers in Action, by Al Adcock
US Destroyers in Action: Part 3, by Al Adcock
US Destroyer Escorts in Action, by Al Adcock
U-Boats in Action, by Robert Stern
Ship's Data: USS Massachusetts (BB 59), by Norman Friedman
Regia Marina: Italian Battleships of World War Two, by Erminio Bagnasco
Italian Battleships of World War, by Mark Stille
Jutland 1916: Clash of the Dreadnoughts, by Charles London
Coronel and Falklands 1914: Duel in the South Atlantic, by Michael McNally
The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for Supremacy in the Pacific, by Mark Stille
British Battlecruisers: 1939-1945, by Angus Konstam
German Battleships:1939-1945, by Gordon Williamson
German Pocket Battleships: 1939-1945, by Gordon Williamson
German Heavy Cruisers: 1939-1945, by Gordon Williamson
German E-Boats: 1939-1945
Coronel and the Falklands, by Geoffrey Bennett
Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns that shaped the Modern World, by Peter Padfield
These are some other books I have but my brother is borrowing them lol:
Fletcher DD's in Action, by Jerry Scutts
US Destroyers in Action: Part 4, by Al Adcock
I think that's all the ones I showed. Enjoy!
https://www.amazon.com/Masquerade-amazing-camouflage-deceptions-World/dp/0801549310 It talks about the magic gang and a lot of other stuff.
Coffee floats, tea sinks - a book on the history of the world’s two favorite hot beverages https://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Floats-Tea-Sinks-Understanding/dp/0646091808
I see this as being two potentially quite separate issues. The first is simple exposure - please be acquainted some very important contemporary philosophical thinkers:
Slavoj Zizek:
Richard Rorty:
Bernard Stiegler:
The other issue you raise with your definition of the word "decent" is that most philosophers have relied on the trickle down effect in order to impact on societal thinking, and the trickle down effect takes time. A lot of philosophers were influential on "tomorrow's" thinking, ie. people didn't realise how important their work was during their lifetime.
What I can tell you is that the works of the three thinkers above are very robust and very relevant to today's thinking.
If that's your interest, I highly recommend this book
I know most of those images from a book called Mechanismo that my father had when I was a kid. I spent hours watching those amazing images.
Edit: here are some more pages from the book
> Bill Gates isn't recognized for being a genius on similar scale to Jobs
As just one example, there's a biography titled Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius. Gates demonstrably has a popular reputation for "genius".
Are you in the Toronto area?
I didn't count how many books there are... 2 or 3 dozen maybe? If you want them, it's kind of an all or nothing deal. Most of them are bundled together with twine in small stacks. I'm not going to undo them.
Here are a few examples based on whatever book was on the top of some of the stacks. You'll notice none of these are particularly recent.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Rockets-Venture-Book/dp/0531114309