Andrew Nahum je hlavným kurátorom technológií a inžinierstva v Londýnskom múzeu vedy. Jeho práca sa sústreďuje na históriu techniky, letectva a dopravy, pričom skúma kľúčové vynálezy a ich tvorcov. Prostredníctvom svojich kníh a výstav približuje zložité technologické dejiny čitateľom aj návštevníkom múzea. Jeho prístup spočíva v prepojení detailného historického výskumu s pútavým rozprávaním o inžinieroch a ich inováciách.
Discover the Story of Flying Machines - From Leonardo da Vinci's Ornithopter to Supersonic Jetliners
Each title in the Eyewitness series is an account of the world around us. Illustrated with colour photographs of objects from the natural world, from specialist museums and from rare private collections, the series offers a fresh approach to the mysteries of nature, history, science, arts, crafts and pastimes.
The story of the jet engine has everything: genius, tragedy, heroism, a world war, the individual vs. the state, and an idea that would change the world. Frank Whittle always maintained that he was held back by a lack of government support. At the very moment in 1943 when his invention was unveiled to the world, his company, Power Jets, was forcibly nationalised. Yet, as Andrew Nahum shows in this brilliantly researched book, Whittle's innovative brilliance, charm and charisma helped him recruit major support from the British government and the RAF, who gave him the green light 'to build a jet engine' at a time when to do so made little sense. Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet is a story of what pushing technology to its limits can achieve and the effect that such achievement can have on those involved. 'Read it and] learn more about what really happened.' Guardian
Иллюстрированная энциклопедия для детей
История дорожного транспорта и транспортных средств с самых ранних времен до настоящего времени, которая включает хронологическую ленту, проходящую от страницы к странице.
S'envoler, le plus vieux rêve de l'humanité. Depuis les premiers aérostiers, ces merveilleux fous volants ont lancé dans le ciel une route qui fait aujourd'hui le tour de la Terre. Apprendre au plus grand nombre un savoir menacé de se perdre en le fixant par l'image : ce fut, il y a deux siècles, le pari des Encyclopédistes. Aujourd'hui, la photographie permet d'aller plus loin dans l'indispensable transfert des connaissances. Mais il faut que l'objectif soit vraiment objectif et que la qualité de la reproduction soit à la hauteur de cette ambition pour que l'attrait esthétique devienne en même temps une pédagogie.
Von den Heißluftballons des 18. Jahrhunderts bis zu den Jumbojets der Gegenwart