history

Presents a comprehensive history of symmetry from the mathematical genius of ancient Babylon to twenty-first-century physics.

Draws from interviews with comedians, club owners, agents, and producers to provide an overview of stand-up comedy during the 1970s.

Surveys the history of measurement, exploring the meaning of measuring, with discussion of the metric system, customary units, number and mathematics, and instruments and techniques, and looking at measurements related to nature and man.

Explores how the story of Frankenstein has influenced the literature, history, science, and popular culture of countries around the world and describes what the Frankenstein figure has come to symbolize in recent years.

Traces the history of the Starbucks Corporation, discussing how, over the last fifteen years, American culture has been influenced by the company and exploring key issues, such as gentrification and fair trade, that have arisen as Starbucks becomes more popular and powerful.

Traces the history of the one-hundred-year quest to solve a mathematical mystery first posed by Jules Henri Poincar? and eventually solved in 2003 by Grigori Perelman, a reclusive young Russian.

Chronicles the history of the development of the helicopter, looking at the working parts of the machine, examining the emergence of the first workable copters in the 1920s and subsequent improvements, introducing inventors who contributed to the process, and sharing stories of helicopters in action.

The author, along with other members of his family, extensively research their family's heritage revealing their relationship to the most successful slave-trade family in American history.

Letters and diaries relate the story of three families who go West in the late 1800s.