Diese Reihe taucht tief in die reiche Geschichte menschlichen Erfindergeistes und technologischen Fortschritts aus vielfältigen Perspektiven ein. Sie enthüllt die Geschichten hinter den Erfindern und den Innovationen, die unsere Welt geprägt haben. Jeder Band regt die Leser an, kritisch über den Erfindungsprozess und seine gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen nachzudenken. Die Sammlung zielt darauf ab, das öffentliche Verständnis für den Drang zu schaffen und zu verbessern.
The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers that sparked the information age.
"Gillespie maps the evolution of the daguerreotype, as medium and as profession, from its introduction to the ascendancy of the "American process," tracing its relationship to other fields and the professionalization of those fields. She does so by recounting the activities of a series of American daguerreotypists, including fine artists, scientists, and mechanical tinkerers. She describes, for example, experiments undertaken by Samuel F. B. Morse as he made the transition from artist to inventor; how artists made use of the daguerreotype, both borrowing conventions from fine art and establishing new ones for a new medium; the use of the daguerreotype in various sciences, particularly astronomy; and technological innovators who drew on their work in the mechanical arts. "--Publisher's website
The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope