Deze reeks duikt in de rijke geschiedenis van menselijke vindingrijkheid en technologische vooruitgang vanuit uiteenlopende perspectieven. Het ontrafelt de verhalen achter de uitvinders en innovaties die onze wereld hebben gevormd. Elk deel moedigt lezers aan om kritisch na te denken over het inventieve proces en de maatschappelijke impact ervan. De collectie heeft tot doel het publieke begrip van de drang om te creëren en te verbeteren te vergroten.
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