CRC Press Automobiles: A Technical History (Ground Vehicle Engineering)

This book provides the background that automotive engineers, students and other readers need in order to appreciate the development of the complex machines. In chronological order, it integrates world historic events related to advances in transportation with the lives and accomplishments of professionals who contributed to those events. The book traces the technological processes related to invention of the automobile, including scientific research, development of the automobile design process and development of new and more effective systems within the vehicle.