Technology & Engineering

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Autonomous Vehicles Self-Driving Cars and the Law of Canada Irwin Law Inc.	Much of North American society has been built around automobiles — our cities are designed around them; our economy is propelled by them. Therefore, the impact and benefit of …	Jaye Hooper; Nathan Baker	254	2021	View
Back to the Well Rethinking the Future of Water Goose Lane Editions	Droughts. Floods. Contamination. Climate change. The perils to the global fresh-water supply have never been so clear or so numerous, as the crisis in Cape Town’s water supply in early 2018 …	Marq de Villiers	378	2018	View
Car Nation An Illustrated History of Canada's Transformation Behind the Wheel James Lorimer and Company	Canadians fell in love with the car at first glance. They were scared by it too, and by its potential. Canada was quick to become a car nation, as the automobile was enthusiastically adopted by …	Dimitry Anastakis	96	2008	View
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk Between The Lines	Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current …	James Wilt	306	2020	View
Dry Run Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis New Society Publishers	In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for …	Jerry Yudelson	312	2010	View
Fastest in the World The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils Formac Publishing	Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments. When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying …	John Boileau	98	2004	View
Montreal and the Bomb bar	WINNER OF THE HUBERT REEVES 2021 AWARD FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS This one is a story peopled by leading figures of modern nuclear physics, bold chemists, and scientists accused of spying. The one …	Gilles Sabourin	208	2021	View
Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure Third Edition Formac Publishing	Uncovering the British military’s role on Nova Scotia’s “Treasure Island” Civil engineers Graham Harris and Les MacPhie have spent over a decade investigating the enigma …		264	2013	View
Samuel Cunard Nova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic Formac Publishing	An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of …	John Boileau	112	2006	View
NEW! Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs Independent experts analyze often-controversial schemes from Nunavut to Montreal to Toronto’s failed Sidewalk Labs waterfront scheme James Lorimer and Company	"Smart cities" use surveillance, big data processing and interactive technologies to reshape urban life. Transit riders can see the bus coming on a map on their phones. Cities can …	Alexandra Flynn; Mariana Valverde	200	2020	View
Techno-Fix Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment New Society Publishers	Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	464	2011	View
The New Carbon Architecture Buiding to Cool the Climate New Society Publishers	"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when …	Bruce King	186	2017	View
NEW! This Is Your Captain Speaking Stories from the Flight Deck ECW Press	For everyone from frequent fliers to aviation geeks, travel buffs to nervous travellers, Captain Doug Morris tells you everything you want (and need!) to know about flight Captain Doug Morris has …	Doug Morris	278	2022	View
We Were Not the Savages, Third Edition Collison between European and Native American Civilizations Fernwood Publishing	As a person of First Nation ancestry I cannot help but wonder if the failure of Caucasian Americans and Canadians to reveal and teach about the horrors their ancestors carried out against North …	Daniel Paul	416	2006	View
From Acknowledgements From: Fastest in the World Preview Formac Publishing	Acknowledgements	John Boileau	1	2004	$0.10 Add
From Beyond Zero: The Time Value of Carbon From: The New Carbon Architecture Preview New Society Publishers	This chapter highlights the role of buildings and building materials in meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.	Erin McDade	9	2017	$0.90 Add