Jefferis, David

Station -- Space truck -- Supply craft -- Bigger and bigger -- Power supply -- Robot arm -- Worldwide space project -- Space station fold-out -- Destiny laboratory -- Columbus and Jules Verne -- More from Europe -- Kibo module -- Research panorama -- Spacesuit -- Mission to the ISS -- Living in space -- Space junk -- Into the future.

Provides descriptions and illustrations of some of the largest structures in the world and discusses how they came to be built, including the Great Pyramid, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the temple at Abu Simbel in Egypt, and others.

Surveys the world of automobile racing, discussing racing circuits, rallies, future racing cars, aerodynamics and technology, and Grand Prix winners.

Traces the development of rail transport from its invention to the most recent advances in train technology.

Looks at how and why robots are used in various industries, examines the anatomy of a robotic arm, discusses robot use in factories, farming, stores, the home, and the medical field, and considers the possible future of robot workers.

An introduction to robot voyagers, discussing the origins of explorer robots, looking at how their technology enables them to roll, crawl, walk, and venture into dangerous and/or difficult places, and considering the possible future of robot exploration.

Reviews the history of robots and computing, looks at how robots process information and sense the outside world, examines efforts to develop artificial intelligence, and discusses robotic toys, the use of computer systems in vehicles, humanoid robots, cybernetics, and the possible future of robotic science.

Provides information about various vehicles and machines developed to explore outer space, and looks at the difficulties and dangers of living in space. Includes a time line of space flight progress, and a glossary.

Traces the evolution of the airplane from man's first flying machine to today's supersonic jets.