ReMaking History, a three-volume series that looks at the people, history, and inventions that have shaped human culture throughout the millennia from the Early Makers to the Industrial Revolutionaries to the Makers of the Modern World.

Drawn from the author’s collected columns in Make: magazine, each chapter also includes step-by-step instructions for making your own version of the historical invention featured.

William Gurstelle is an American nonfiction author, magazine writer, and inventor. He is a feature columnist for Make: magazine and the Pyrotechnics and Ballistics Editor at Popular Mechanics magazine.