An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology
| Full title | An Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology |
|---|---|
| Author | Ian McNeil |
| Published | 1990 |
| Pages | 1,062 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | A thousand-page reference on how things were actually made and moved — materials, power, transport, communications — the kind of book you read for the mechanisms rather than the narrative. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — recommended in the replies when he asked on X “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Technological Innovation · Open Source Knowledge — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.