Archive for Items Categorized 'Technology', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Turtle: David Bushnell’s Revolutionary Vessel

by Roy R. Manstan, Frederic J. Frese

This exceptionally well-written book examines what barely amounted to a sideshow during the American Revolution—the first-ever attempt at submarine warfare during the age of sail.

X-Planes of Europe: Secret Research Aircraft from the Golden Age 1947–1974

by Tony Buttler & Jean-Louis Delezenne

Showcasing European efforts, the aircraft in this excellent book did by and large not advance into production but some of the technologies they tested did—the lift fan, vectored thrust, supersonic flight, to name a few.

Secrets of the Spitfire

by Lance Cole

Adding a new chapter to the voluminous Spitfire literature, this book tells the story of a brilliant but quiet aerodynamicist whose seminal work is only in recent years being recognized.

Why Has America Stopped Inventing?

by Darin Gibby

On the surface, a patent seems like a patent idea. Patent law in the US is almost 200 years old, and older still elsewhere, but is it the best way to encourage and then protect inventiveness?

Occupant Protection and Automobile Safety in the U.S. since 1900

by Roger F. Wells

No need to obsess about it but every time you strap your car on, a lot can go wrong. From bumpers to highway signage to self-driving cars this book explains what keeps you safe.

Fast Car Physics

by Chuck Edmondson

So you want to drive fast. Better you first strap on your slide rule before you strap yourself into that car.

Making Sense of Squiggly Lines: The Basic Analysis of Race Car Data Acquisition

by Christopher Brown

If your car is already plumbed for data acquisition, this book will help you get the most out of the squiggly lines on your graphs.

Porsche and Me

by Hans Mezger with Peter Morgan

If you own a Porsche, or even just like them, and don’t know Mezger’s name: off with your head! Here, by his own hand, at last, the story of Porsche’s great engineer.

Chevrolet Volt: Development Story of the Pioneering Electrified Vehicle

Edited by Lindsay Brooke

Remember GM’s EV1? Who does?? The Volt will be remembered—and not just for its exploding batteries. This book summarizes key facts, concepts, and people behind the car.

Competition Car Aerodynamics: A Practical Handbook

by Simon McBeath

Modern competition cars are unthinkable without downforce and drag, two key aerodynamic parameters, all explained here by a practitioner.

Formula 1 Technology

by Peter G Wright

Power, Weight, Tire Grip, Drag and Lift—understand any of these and you’re pretty smart. Understand all of them and you’ll see why a racecar at speed can cling to the roof of a tunnel upside down and not fall off.

Vehicular Engine Design

by Kevin L Hoag

This graduate school textbook is an overview of what will be required of design engineers specializing in auto and light truck engines once they hire on with a major vehicle manufacturer. Fuel and ignition systems are not included, those topics being covered separately elsewhere.

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