Technology
The Blue Box: Ed Link and the Birth of Modern Aviation
eBook
The story of Ed Link—the unsung engineer who opened the skies for aspiring pilots—and an ode to the art of ingenuity
Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home
Hardback
A sweeping history of humanity’s most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities and people themselves
Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
Paperback
The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country
Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
Paperback
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
Fatal Abstraction: Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software
Hardback
A tech insider explains how capitalism and software development make for such a dangerous mix