Technology--blueprints of the future

Describes how the Internet was created, how it works, and how it has changed the world.

Describes the history, design and construction, components, and future of jumbo jets, providing many color cutaway illustrations and diagrams.

Describes the history of skyscrapers, their design and construction, and their mechanical systems, and profiles the tallest buildings in the world.

Describes the history, design, components, and future of telescopes, and discusses such important ones as the Hubble Space Telescope and Keck I and II.

Provides information about bullet trains--steel wheel electric trains that move at high speeds by a process of magnetic levitation--discussing their technology and development, primarily in Europe and Japan.