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<p>isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) Is Rightly Admired As One Of The Greatest Of All Engineers. His Leading Role In The Transport Revolution Of The Nineteenth Century, And Especially In The Building Of The Great Western Railway, Left An Indelible Mark On The British Landscape. His Achievements Captured The Imagination Of His Contemporaries And Subsequent Generations. His Colossal Energy And Determination To Carry Out Projects On The Largest Scale To An Extremely High Standard Set Him Apart From His Rivals.<br><br><i>brunel </i>tells The Story Both Of The Engineer, Who Followed His Father Marc Into What Was Then A New Profession, And Of The Man. It Explores His Successes And Failures, At Home And Abroad, Including Both The Broad Gauge Gwr And The Ss Great Eastern, Bringing Out Brunel's Imagination, Drive And Inventiveness. Above All, It Sets Him In The Context Of His Times, Showing Both What Made Him What He Was And How He Made The Most Of The Great Opportunities Offered To Him.</p><h3>booknews</h3><p>promising As Objective A Portrait As Possible Of British Engineer Brunel (1806-59), Buchanan (history Of Technology, U. Of Bath) Seeks To Demonstrate The Quality Of His Vision And T

Author

R. Angus Buchanan

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781852855253

Subjects

Engineering, Historical Fiction, Memoir