Bestsellers in Engineering/Technology

-- Library Journal, 02/05/2009

1) Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)
Vanderbilt, Tom
Alfred A. Knopf
2008. ISBN 0307264785 [9780307264787]. $24.95

2) Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World
Friedman, David D.
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521877326 [9780521877329]. $30.00

3) Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
Crystal, David
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 0199544905 [9780199544905]. $19.95

4) Earth Architecture: From Ancient to Modern
Morgan, William N.
University Press of Florida
2008. ISBN 0813032075 [9780813032078]. $34.95

5) Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers
Adams, Tyrone
University of Texas
2008. ISBN 0292717733 [9780292717732]. $60.00

6) Inner History of Devices
Turkle, Sherry
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 0262201763 [9780262201766]. $24.95

7) Information Technology and Moral Philosophy
Van Den Hoven, Jeoren
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521855497 [9780521855495]. $90.00

8) Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Space Flight
Mindell, David A.
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 0262134977 [9780262134972]. $29.95

9) Engineering Project: Its Nature, Ethics, and Promise
Moriarty, Gene
Pennsylvania State University Press
2008. ISBN 0271032545 [9780271032542]. $55.00

10) Reporting Results: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists
Van Aken, David C.
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 052189980x [9780521899802]. $50.00

11) Body Shopping: The Economy Fuelled By Flesh And Blood
Dickenson, Donna
Oneworld
2008. ISBN 185168591x [9781851685912]. $27.95

12) Basic Structural Theory
Heyman, Jacques
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521897947 [9780521897945]. $60.00

13) Coming Convergence: Surprising Ways Diverse Technologies Interact To Shape Our World and Change the Future
Schmidt, Stanley
Prometheus
2008. ISBN 159102613x [9781591026136]. $28.98

14) Next Generation Wireless LANs: Throughput, Robustness, and Reliability in 802.11n
Perahia, Eldad
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521885841 [9780521885843]. $70.00

15) On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders
Banks, Michael A.
Apress
2008. ISBN 1430208694 [9781430208693]. $22.99

16) Power Struggles: Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity before Edison
Schiffer, Michael B.
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 0262195828 [9780262195829]. $38.00

17) Technology’s Promise: Expert Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society
Halal, William E.
Palgrave Macmillan
2008. ISBN 0230019544 [9780230019546]. $39.95

18) Bioenergy
Wall, Judy
American Society for Microbiology
2008. ISBN 1555814786 [9781555814786]. $149.95

19) Principles of Nanophotonics
Motoichi Ohtsu, Et Al
CRC Press
2008. ISBN 1584889721 [9781584889724]. $79.95

20) Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America
Klein, Maury,
Bloomsbury USA
2008. ISBN 1596914122 [9781596914124]. $29.99 

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