Since the outbreak of the First World War more than 100 years ago, the technology powering the world’s military forces has evolved at an unprecedented pace. The introduction of the first tanks during the Great War marked the start of an arms race...
The history of human aviation spans over a hundred years, from the first manned flight of the Wright Flyer in 1903, which flew a groundbreaking 260 metres, to the futuristic spacecraft of today that shuttle astronauts and payloads to the...
Robots are awesome, in every sense of the word, invoking reactions from excitement to fear to awe. As scientists continue to find new ways to replicate human behaviours, and machines perform functions that we never thought they could, they become...
This book celebrates some of history’s greatest minds, whose intelligence and perseverance has helped shape the modern world. They are by no means the only great inventors in history, but within these pages you’ll meet some of the most iconic...