Search Results: Technology from Lems Bookshop

The transfer of technology, ideas, culture and social institutions from East to West and West to East. A journey through world history following the different roads taken by Eastern and Western nations to achieve wealth and power in the modern world. 288 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with some minor wear.

Why did history unfold so differently on different continents - the author contends that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans and aboriginal Australians. 480 pages 32 pages of black and white photographs and maps in the text. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning.

A complete history of espionage and the technology used to support it - with a foreward by the CIA trailblazer Antonio J, Mendez. Packed with case studies and hundreds of photographs the book is a facinating foray into the cloak-and-dagger reality of surveillance techniques, spy technology and the spies themselves. 224 pages with book and cover in near fine condition. Front cover has some minor markings.

To salvage or record the monuments of ancient Egypt to be drowned by the waters as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam required the greatest cultural campaign in the history of the world. The design, and construction of the dam, the political conflicts, the role of the Russians , The effect on Nubia, and the monuments. 242 pages with 17 Plates and 4 Maps and Diagrams. Book in very good condition with Fathers Day card stuck inside front cover, front endpaper cut out, otherwise fine, Dust jacket in good+ condition price clipped with small tear bottom spine, chip front bottom, and some minor wear (see photo).

Starting with a snapshot of prehistory to 999 AD the book then presents the evolution of people's lives over the last 1,000 years and shows how dramatically the world has changed in that time - wars, discoveries, inventions, invasions, exploration, creative endeavours and the people that played a key part in those events. 576 pages with hundreds of illustrations mainly in colour. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with some knocks to edges (see photo). This a large book weighing just over 4kg but no increase in postage in Australia.

Many ancient monuments were astronomical observatories, indispensable in following the cycle of seasons and crucial to the survival of early peoples - the study of the sun, moon and stars enabled the course of every season to be predicted with great accuracy. 277 pages with many illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on front endpaper, borrowing sleeve remnants and reference on back endpapers. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on back.

Stunning visuals transport you directly into the events that have shaped the history of space technology and gives an exploratory education on space. 144 pages with colour illustrations on most pages, Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Everyday products and ideas from the Space Program. 242 pages with 23 black and white photos. Book and cover in very good condition ex library with one stamp on first blank page and two stamps on last blank page and cover has some sticker residue.

A personal selection of the inventions and discoveries that best capture the mood of the most exciting century in history. 324 pages with 32 pages of colour and black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition.

Man has lived on the earth for two million years, our own species, Homo Sapiens, for about 100,000 years and only for the last 5,000 years has left written records - the period of the first civilizations. How man evolved and peopled the globe, the achievements of man in recorded history, ideas and discoveries that changed the course of history, and the Nations of the World. 488 pages with illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book in very good+ condition with some minor wear to cover. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

A new era in terrorism is emerging and the lone wolf is at the forefront. Who are these terrorists and what can be done about them? The author presents the first comprehensive treatment of this important issue. 335 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition ex library with a small stamp on last page and some tanning. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with a sticker bottom spine and back.

The history of twenty civilizations either lost to us completely, or surviving only as ruins, or oblique references in literary works. Combining new technologies such as satellite and land-based remote sensing images the author reveals the secrets of civilizations past. 192 pages with illustrations, mainly colour, on most pages. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition with sticker remnant on front (see photo). This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

A summary of modern achievement in the laboratory and experimental science and in the world of engineering, mechanics and wherever power is used. 251 pages with illustrations on 16 pages. Book in very good condition with birthday greeting inside front cover, previous owners name on first page, light tanning, some foxing to edges and some wear to cover.

An introduction to naval architecture including basic theories and foundations of the art and science for naval application and design and new techniques - physical theories of buoyancy, stability, fluid resistance, and mechanics as they apply to ships. The modern navy has need for a multiplicity of watercraft making naval ships representative of all ships and the best of ships. 336 pages with more than 300 drawings, pictures, charts, and tables. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in good condition with small tear top spine, a chip, knocks and some wear (see photo).

In 1859 the world was in ferment, driven by the interplay of new science, new technology, new fashions and new ideas. 319 pages with pictures on 33 pages. Book in near fine condition.

Nanotechnology a new science to change the world - at its heart is the creation of assemblers so small they will be able to work with individual molecules of matter to be programmed produce any substance, structure or entity allowed by the laws of nature. 307 pages with 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in good+ condition with ?previous owners name cut out top corner of title page and light tanning.

An introductory astronomy text for non-science students excluding mathematics with emphasis on the relationship of life to the universe, the involvement of astronomy in the context of knowledge, and to [portray astronomy as a living subject. 496 pages with 11 colour plates, numerous photographs and figures throughout. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners details on front endpaper.

Why do materials behave as they do - the answer depends on the make up of the material; at the atoms and molecules on which their mechanical properties depend and in particular how its atoms are arranged. 269 pages with 16 Plates and Figures throughout. Book in very good condition with light tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).

The full story of Mars, from early myths to the present day - its place in the solar system, its structure, surface, mountains, volcanoes, impact craters, ice-caps, atmosphere, weather, and explores the possibililty of past or present life. 222 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs and drawings and tables in the text. Book in near fine condition with previous owners sticker on first page. Dust jacket in near fine condition.

In 79 AD Vesuvius erupted and buried the Roman city of Pompeii, nineteen centuries latter the city was brought back to life - a guide to historical and present day Pompeii. 127 pages with 150 colour photos, 36 reconstructions and drawings, and a fold out map. Book in as new condition.