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From Here to There

Author : HP Newquist
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698405366
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book From Here to There written by HP Newquist and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively history of transportation follows our fascinating route from primitive technology like sandals to driverless cars and beyond! Since humans first stood upright, we've been on the move. Need food? Water? Land? A place to live? Survival depends upon motion. For thousands of years, people have devised ways to move faster, farther, and more comfortably. Their inventions—shoes, skis, the rudder, the wheel, engines, rockets—have had an enormous impact on how and where human beings live and thrive. When human beings get a move on, change happens: - The wheel, probably first used in the Middle East around 6,000 years ago, meant building and trading supplies could be moved more easily—whole civilizations rolled out. - The Vikings sailed far and wide because they used a keel on their longships. - Horse-and-carriage gridlock gave rise to subways. - The bicycle changed the world for women in terms of freedom and fashion. - Drones and driverless cars are the future . . . coming sooner than we think. Award-winning author HP Newquist explores the transportation inventions and technologies that have transformed the way we experience the world around us. It’s a fascinating journey!

My Big Book of Transport

Author : Moira Butterfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781406386844
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book My Big Book of Transport written by Moira Butterfield and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant celebration of things that go, with a lively text from author Moira Butterfield and pictures from debut-talent Bryony Clarkson. Come and hitch a ride in vehicles of every shape and size- from family cars to double-decker buses, chugging tractors to speedy supercars, and gigantic monster-trucks to noisy fire engines. With bounce-along rhythms and fascinating facts from author Moira Butterfield, and bright, lively pictures by rising star Bryony Clarkson, any single reading of My Big Book of Transport is sure to result in a victory lap or two! For ages 3- 7.

The Story of Transport

Author : Benita Sen
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
ISBN 13 : 8179935094
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Transport written by Benita Sen and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, we can travel across the world in very short periods of time through fast-moving vehicles. It was not possible a few decades ago. But have you ever wondered how this became possible? The Story of Transport takes you on a journey, spanning the invention of wheel to modern-day marvels of speed. It also makes you aware that although vehicles have contributed to humankind‛s progress, their overuse is polluting the environment. Indeed, they are contributing to global warming and suffocating our planet. So get, set, go, and find some fast, green ways for futuristic travel!Other titles in the seriesThe Story of Clothes (ISBN: 9788179935101) The Story of Computer (ISBN: 9788179935118)The Story of House (ISBN: 9788179935125)The Story of Paper (ISBN: 9788179935057)The Story of Food (ISBN: 9788179935088)About the author:A journalist and children‛s author, Benita Sen has written several books - fiction and non-fiction - for children and young people. A couple of her stories have been included in English textbooks by a leading publisher. And some of her stories have earned recommendations internationally. Her fact book on Polar Creatures has been recommended by a university in North America as an excellent source for individual reading and research, and her story Yakity Yak was selected for the Fifth Nami Island International Children's Book Festival in Korea in 2010. Also, her stories find a place in compilations of well-known organizations like Association of Writers and Illustrators and National Foundation for Communal Harmony.

Transportation Then and Now

Author : Robin Nelson
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 154154076X
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Transportation Then and Now written by Robin Nelson and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See how transportation has changed over the years Transportation carries people from one place to another, but it has changed over time. Long ago airplanes began to fly in the sky, now airplanes fly very high and far. This book looks at how transportation has changed over the years Historical and modern-day photographs interspersed throughout these books clearly illustrate how aspects of daily life change over time, while simple text shows readers how to compare and contrast ideas. Timelines in the back of each book give readers perspective by listing key inventions and developments that have modernized our lives.

Matatu

Author : Kenda Mutongi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022647139X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Matatu written by Kenda Mutongi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drive the streets of Nairobi and you are sure to see many matatus colorful minibuses that transport huge numbers of people around the city. Once ramshackle affairs held together with duct tape and wire, matatus today are name-brand vehicles maxed out with aftermarket detailing. They can be stately black or come in extravagant colors, sporting names, slogans, or entire tableaus, with airbrushed portraits of everyone from Kanye West to Barack Obama, of athletes, movie stars, or the most famous face of all: Jesus Christ. In this richly interdisciplinary book, Kenda Mutongi explores the history of the matatu from the 1960s to the present. As Mutongi shows, matatus offer a window onto many socioeconomic and political facets of late-twentieth-century Africa. In their diversity of idiosyncratic designs they express multiple and divergent aspects of Kenyan life including rapid urbanization, organized crime, entrepreneurship, social insecurity, the transition to democracy, chaos and congestion, popular culture, and many others at once embodying both Kenya's staggering social problems and the bright promises of its future. Offering a shining model of interdisciplinary analysis, Mutongi mixes historical, ethnographic, literary, linguistic, and economic approaches to tell the story of the matatu as a powerful expression of the entrepreneurial aesthetics of the postcolonial world.

The Story of Transport

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Transport written by and published by . This book was released on 194? with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Atlantic Transport Line, 1881-1931

Author : Jonathan Kinghorn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786488425
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Atlantic Transport Line, 1881-1931 written by Jonathan Kinghorn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1881, the dynamic Baltimorean Bernard N. Baker established the Atlantic Transport Line, an American-owned but British-operated steamship company with service from London to New York that became famous for shipping expensive livestock and for carrying only first-class passengers. Although moderately sized, the company remained a significant presence in international shipping until World War I caused major business disruptions, followed by changed priorities during peacetime. Finally, the Great Depression led to its closure. This volume chronicles the history of the line and its absorption into J.P. Morgan's gargantuan and ill-conceived International Mercantile Marine Company against the background of efforts to revive the American mercantile marine. Descriptions of life on board Atlantic Transport Line vessels, individual histories of every vessel owned by the line, and biographies of key figures associated with the company make this the most complete account of this important player in the history of American trade.

Transport for Suburbia

Author : Paul Mees
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 184977465X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Transport for Suburbia written by Paul Mees and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found. It is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the dense cores of some big cities, the problem is that most residents of developed countries now live in dispersed suburbs and smaller cities and towns. These places usually have little or no public transport, and most transport commentators have given up on the task of changing this: it all seems too hard. This book argues that the secret of 'European-style' public transport lies in a generalizable model of network planning that has worked in places as diverse as rural Switzerland, the Brazilian city of Curitiba and the Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver. It shows how this model can be adapted to suburban, exurban and even rural areas to provide a genuine alternative to the car, and outlines the governance, funding and service planning policies that underpin the success of the world's best public transport systems."--Back cover.

The Story of Transport

Author : Colin Wise
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Transport written by Colin Wise and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of Transportation

Author : Chris Oxlade
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1484640381
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The History of Transportation written by Chris Oxlade and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the wheel was invented in prehistoric times, in about 3500 B.C.' Now we can travel between towns and cities in super-fast trains, in fast cars, and halfway around the world in a day in airplanes. From dugout canoes from 10,000 years ago right through to modern-day driverless cars, this book charts the amazing history of transportation.

Transport

Author : Phillip Peterson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539063612
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Transport written by Phillip Peterson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Transport? Transport to where, Sir?" "Possibly straight to hell." Who will live? Who will die? An alien object is discovered off the coast of California; a sphere that transports people to other solar systems. Death-row inmate Russell Harris and nine other convicts are given the chance to save their own lives by agreeing to travel as test subjects on the transporter. But when the first volunteer dies a gruesome death, it becomes clear to Russell and his comrades that the venture is little more than a merciless death mission on which they will all perish. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the secret of the mysterious object, but that too seems hopeless - because no trace of the transporter's constructors can be found.

The History and Development of Road Transport

Author : James Paterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History and Development of Road Transport written by James Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Space Shuttle

Author : Dennis R. Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781857801163
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Space Shuttle written by Dennis R. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the US space shuttle programme and its first 100 missions

School Long Ago and Today

Author : Sally Lee
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1491402962
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book School Long Ago and Today written by Sally Lee and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was school like in the days of old? Can you imagine studying in a tiny one-room schoolhouse, writing out lessons on a chalkboard slate? Discover how school life has changed over time, and what it might be like in the future.

The Story of Transport

Author : Mary Fielding Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Transport written by Mary Fielding Moore and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rhetoric of Roman Transportation

Author : Jared Hudson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108481760
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Rhetoric of Roman Transportation written by Jared Hudson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preamble : on the way -- Introduction : en route -- Making use : plaustrum -- Power steering : currus -- The other chariot : essedum -- Conveying women : carpentum -- Portable retreats : lectica -- Envoi : the end of the road.

Design for Transport

Author : Mike Tovey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131715231X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Design for Transport written by Mike Tovey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central premise of Design for Transport is that the designer's role is to approach design for transport from the point of view of the user. People have a collection of wants and needs and a significant proportion of them are to do with their requirements for mobility. The authors show how creative designers can take a user-focused approach for a wide range of types of transport products and systems. In so doing their starting point is one of creative dissatisfaction with what is currently available, and their specialist capability is in imagining and developing new solutions which respond to that opportunity. How this is tackled varies depending on the context, and the variety of solutions produced reflects the different aspirations and needs of the people they are designing for. The chapters cover user needs and transport, design and the transport system, transport design case studies, and the case for the automobile. A conclusion briefly signals what the future for transport design might be. Lavishly illustrated throughout in four-colour, Design for Transport, is an imaginative and rigorous guide to how designers can take a user-centred and socially responsible approach to tackling a range of types of transport, from systems to products and from bicycles to automobiles, demonstrating a rich array of solutions through case studies.