The 50 Greatest Engineers: The People Whose Innovations Have Shaped Our World

by Paul Virr, William Potter

Overview

Nowadays, we take technological advancement for granted; much of what we need or want to see is available at the touch of a button. But to get to the point we are now, took a massive number of steps, some tiny, some giant leaps.

The 50 Greatest Engineers celebrates the great achievements that have been made through the ages and contains profiles of the best-known and most innovative engineers of all time Fully illustrated in full-color with examples of their major works, whether they be machines, buildings, bridges or life-changing technical innovations, this fascinating book explores how these men and women have beaten the odds to develop them. Chosen from across the globe, they include a diverse range of talent - from the likes of Nikola Tesla and Gustave Eiffel to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fazlu Rahman Khan and the Wright Brothers.

This jacketed hardback is the perfect reference book for all the family to answer the question - 'Who made that?'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398816961
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	36 MB
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About the Author

Paul Virr is an editor and writer, who has written extensively on science and technology for both children and adults. He has worked with a number of museums in the UK, as well as various scientific organisations in Europe. He lives in Italy.

William Potter has been writing and editing non-fiction titles for more than two decades, covering diverse subjects such as new technology, space travel, history, prehistoric life, comics and fantasy-art creation, along with numerous educational STEM titles and puzzle books for school-age readers. Based in the UK, William also scripts comic books and continues to tour with his band.

William Potter is a prolific author of children's non-fiction. He has also written and edited a wide range of well-known comics and magazines, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Comic, Marvel Fact Files, Marvel Chess Specials and DC Chess Collection. He lives in Haslemere, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Imhotep
Archimedes
Ctesibius
Vitruvius
Heron of Alexandria
Zhang Heng
Apollodorus of Damascus
Ismail Al-Jazari
Filippo Brunelleschi
Mariano di Jacopo:II Taccola
Leonardo da Vinci
Cornelis Drebbel
Christiaan Huygens
Robert Hooke
Thomas Newcomen
John Harrison
James Watt
Thomas Teleford
Richard Trevithick
George Cayley
George & Robert Stephenson
Michael Faraday
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
John, Washington & Emily Roebling
Joseph Bazalgette
Nikolaus Otto
William Le Baron Jenney
Gottlieb Daimler
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Vladimir Shukhov
Hertha Ayrton
Nikola Tesla
Granville Woods
Rudolf Diesel
August & Louis Lumiére
Wilbur & Orville Wright
Guglielmo Marconi
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Robert H. Goddard
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney
Olive Dennis
Tachu Naito
Verena Holmes
Igor Sikorsky
R. Buckminster Fuller
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
Frank Whittle
Werner von Braun
Fazlur Rahman Khan