Subject: Mechanical engineering (Keywords)

The hidden history of the pocket calculator - a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb and went with us to the moon - and the mathematicians, designers and inventors who brought it to life.

As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that partnership through tools, devices, construction and artistic expression, Max Adams casts...

Discover the world of engineering with fun, step-by-step projects. Where would we be without machines? Mechanical engineers design all sorts of complex machines to make our lives easier, but behind every ingenious invention are six simple machines that make all the others possible - levers, pulle...