The Becker Technology Trilogy presents a thumbnail sketch of key
events from the beginning of the Renaissance in Europe to the
amazing air and space technologies of the 21st century. Mixed with
equally startling cultural and political perspectives, events are
presented in three companion volumes. Book 1, Eight Against The
World: Warriors Of The Scientific Revolution, follows the
close-knit lives of eight extraordinary men of science and
technology - Gutenberg, Leonardo, Copernicus, Nostradamus, Brahe,
Galilei, Kepler and Newton to the doorstep of the Industrial
Revolution. These giants of the past, willing to endure
heartbraking hardships, dedicated their lives to building the
foundation of today's technological and scientific achievements.
Book 2, A Season Of Madness: Life and Death In The 1960s, begins
the author's participation in the emergence of new technologies as
an eyewitness to the final two-thirds of the 20th century.
Incredible events come to life as the background of the cultural
disorders of the Civil Rights Movement, Cuban Missile Crisis, the
Space Race for the Moon, 1967 Detroit Riot, and the Kent State
University Massacre. Book 3, The Race For Technology: Conquering
The High Frontier is an explanation of major science and technology
events from about 1970 to the start of the 21st century. Global
miracles of invention such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the
Assault On Mars, Thames River Flood Barrier and Netherlands
Ijsselmeer Project, satellites searching for the Chernobyl
Disaster, the Armada To Halley's Comet, and the changing nature of
hurricanes on our doorstep, are highlighted in terms of everyday
cultural technology. The Trilogy is being published in 2007 and
2008- three must-read, exciting books you need to have on your own
bookshelf to be alive and well in the 21st century.
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