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Win! Book review and giveaway: War and Technology A Very Short Introduction – Alex Roland

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By Jade Fell  ‘Humans were born armed’ is the premise to the next of our Very Short Introduction series of reviews, War and Technology, which seeks to trace the combined history of, you guess it – war and technology. Some of you may take issue with the statement – how can a human be born armed? It is interesting to note however, that weapons formed from natural material and used to defend, hunt and fight, have been around before the first Homo sapiens, back to the time of archaic proto-humans. In the 19th century, Jurist Sir Henry Maine famously commented … Continue reading Win! Book review and giveaway: War and Technology A Very Short Introduction – Alex Roland

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Tech books and media: How #Bismarck was built, then sunk with Bletchley’s help

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The British Navy’s pursuit and sinking of German battleship The Bismarck is one of the epic sea battles of the Second World War. The success of the mission, following Bismarck’s sinking of the battlecruiser HMS Hood in May 1941, was down to the bravery of Allied crews; less well known is the part played by technology developed by codebreakers at Bletchley Park. The story of how pioneering techniques like direction finding and traffic analysis that emerged from the Bletchley Park operation helped locate the flagship of the German fleet is the subject a new episode of the always fascinating Bletchley … Continue reading Tech books and media: How #Bismarck was built, then sunk with Bletchley’s help

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New book blog: an underwater Alliance in Haynes’ Royal Navy Submarine Owners’ Workshop Manual

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If you’re enough of a submarine fan to be interested in an Owners’ Workshop Manual that’s among this month’s additions to the Haynes catalogue, you’ll already know that the prime UK destination for anyone interested in their history is the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport. The museum features heavily in a guide to preserved submarines open to visitors in the UK that’s one of several appendices. The book’s main subject though – covered in astonishing detail – is HMS Alliance, the vessel that since going on display at Gosport last year after a £7 million restoration has been one … Continue reading New book blog: an underwater Alliance in Haynes’ Royal Navy Submarine Owners’ Workshop Manual

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E&T podcast previews new-look National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh

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The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh reopens on 29 July 2011 after a massive refurbishment that has created new galleries housing thousands of exhibits. For its latest issue, E&T picked its ten favourite from the many illustrating Scotland’s contributions to scientific and technological innovation. Find out , what they are and listen to managing editor Dominic Lenton talking to the museum’s keeper of science and technology, Alexander Hayward, about them in E&T podcast 7.5. Continue reading E&T podcast previews new-look National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh