Technology: general issues

Engineers: Great Tales of Achievement and Ingenuity

By Hart-Davis & Adam

An epic visual guide to the great engineers who have built our world

Full of great tales of achievement and ingenuity, Engineers celebrates 80 of the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on the world. Learn all about how their projects have changed the course of history and added to human progress from the men who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Industrial Revolution...

Published: 26/04/2012

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9781405375696

RRP: $49.95

The Big Ideas that Changed the World

By Dorling Kindersley

Discover the big ideas that changed our world

From matches to mobiles, antibiotics and the flexible drinking straw - some inventions don't just change the way we do things but change the world. Marvel at some of the world's most amazing discoveries that have made a sensation, from the first wheel to satellite navigation. Kids will love the incredible facts and info, such as why the tin can was...

Discover the big ideas that changed our world

From matches to mobiles, antibiotics and the flexible drinking straw - some inventions don't just change the way we do things but change the world. Marvel...

Published: 30/08/2010

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9781405356831

RRP: $39.95

The Filter Bubble: What The Internet Is Hiding From You

By Eli Pariser

In The Filter Bubble, Eli Pariser uncovers how this hidden personalised web threatens to control how we consume and share information as a society - and shows what we can do about it.

Published: 28/06/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780670920389

RRP: $32.95

Tubes: Behind the Scenes at the Internet

By Andrew Blum

You write an email. You hit send. It appears ten thousand miles away. How did that happen?

In April 2011, a seventy-five year old woman deprived Armenia of its internet access when she sliced through a buried cable with her garden spade. That January, Egyptian authorities simply switched off 70% of the country's internet connections in an attempt to quell a revolution. In 2009, a squirrel chewed through...

Published: 25/07/2012

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780670918980

RRP: $27.99

You Are Not A Gadget

By Jaron Lanier

'Fabulous – I couldn't put it down and shouted out Yes! Yes! on many pages . . . a landmark book that will have people talking and arguing for years into the future'
Lee Smolin

Something went wrong around the start of the twenty-first century. The crowd was wise. Social networks replaced individual creativity. There were more places to express ourselves than ever before . . . yet no...

'Fabulous – I couldn't put it down and shouted out Yes! Yes! on many pages . . . a landmark book that will have people talking and arguing for years into the future'
Lee Smolin

Something went...

Published: 06/05/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141049113

RRP: $22.95

Robustness Development and Reliability Growth (Six Sigma Training): Value Adding Strategies for New Products and Processes

By John P King & William S Jewett

The first 'Design for Six Sigma' book totally focused on the crucial roles of reliability and robustness in the product development process

Published: 11/06/2010

Format: Cloth Books

ISBN: 9780132225519

RRP: $79.95

Strategies for Creative Problem Solving, Second Edition

By Scott Fogler & Steven LeBlanc

This book provides a framework to hone and polish any person's creative problem-solving skills.

Published: 24/09/2007

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780130082794

RRP: $64.95

Network+ Exam Guide

By Feldman

Published: 02/12/1999

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780789721570

RRP: $84.95

Digital Texturing and Painting

By Owen Demers

Published: 09/08/2001

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780735709188

RRP: $119.95

Inside 3D Studio VIZ 3

By Hubbell

Published: 11/09/2000

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780735710023

RRP: $105.95

3ds Max 4 Magic

By Sean Bonney

Published: 15/05/2001

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780735710931

RRP: $87.95

Richard II: York Notes Advanced

By N Keeble

Published: 17/01/2003

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780582424555

RRP: $14.95

Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices, Second Edition

By Dan Saffer

Groundbreaking book updated to add more emphasis on the designer's role in strategy, research, brainstorming, prototyping and development. The only book devoted exclusively to teaching interaction design to those new to the field. More than a how-to manual: comprehensive coverage of interaction design fundamentals, exploration of the design process, and more. Complete coverage of touchscreen...

Groundbreaking book updated to add more emphasis on the designer's role in strategy, research, brainstorming, prototyping and development. The only book devoted exclusively to teaching interaction...

Published: 09/09/2009

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780321643391

RRP: $54.95

3ds Max 8 Fundamentals

By Ted Boardman

Thoroughly updated guide covers every core technique and skill needed to master the popular 3D program!

Published: 24/05/2006

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780321412539

RRP: $59.95

Four Days with Dr. Deming: A Strategy for Modern Methods of Management

By William Latzko & David Saunders

Dr. W. Edwards Deming is the legendary master of managing for quality. Reviewed by Dr. Deming himself just before his death, this unique book communicates the essence of his four-day seminars in a remarkably entertaining and easy-to-absorb style. Through a one-concept-per-page visual format, the book leads you through the essentials of Dr. Deming's theories and techniques. It covers Dr. Deming's System...

Published: 26/01/1995

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780201633665

RRP: $41.95

Engineering Methods for Robust Product Design: Using Taguchi Methods in Technology and Product Development

By William Fowlkes & Clyde Creveling

Robust Design is the procedure used by design engineers to reduce the effects of order to produce the highest quality products possible. This book includes real life case studies focusing on mechanical, chemical and imaging design that illustrate potential problems and their solutions and offers WinRobust Lite software and practice problems.

Published: 30/08/1995

Format: Disc & Book

ISBN: 9780201633672

RRP: $137.95

Manufacturing for Survival: The How-to Guide for Practitioners and Managers

By Blair Williams

This book is the first easy-to-follow, practical how-to book on manufacturing. Without mathematics or theory, this book examines all the do's and don'ts of manufacturing, including quality, throughput, and employee involvement. The book concentrates on operational aspects and materials management, but addresses all the basics too.

Published: 17/01/1996

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780201633733

RRP: $94.95

Design and Management Service Processes: Keeping Customers for Life

By Rohit Ramaswamy

Published: 15/05/1996

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780201633832

RRP: $92.95

Process Redesign: The Implementation Guide for Managers

By Tenner

Published: 05/09/1996

Format: Cloth Books

ISBN: 9780201633917

RRP: $84.95

Geo-metrc Iii: Appl Geomtrc Dimensng&tolrnc

By Foster

With Geo-Metrics III , Lowell Foster updates his classic guide to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). Involved in the development of both U.S. National and ISO standards, the author presents the most up-to-date information available about the present and emerging standards that will harmonize national and international practices and be supportive of the ISO 9000 series of standards...

Published: 30/11/1993

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780201633429

RRP: $91.50