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Remarkable Engineers

From Riquet to Shannon

By: Ioan James

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Hardcover | 25 February 2010

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Engineering transformed the world completely between the 17th and 21st centuries. Remarkable Engineers tells the stories of 51 of the key pioneers in this transformation, from the designers and builders of the world''s railways, bridges and aeroplanes, to the founders of the modern electronics and communications revolutions. The focus throughout is on their varied life stories, and engineering and scientific detail is kept to a minimum. Engineer profiles are organized chronologically, inviting readers with an interest in engineering to follow the path by which these remarkable engineers utterly changed our lives.

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'For anyone foolish enough to suggest that engineering is 'boring', this stands as a convincing repost.' Engineering and Technology

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Technology in General Engineering in General Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies History of Engineering & Technology Inventions & Inventors Mechanical Engineering & Materials Electronics & Communications Engineering Biochemical Engineering

Other Technologies & Applied Sciences Civil Engineering Environmental Science

From Peter Paul Riquet to James Watt: Peter Paul Riquet (1604-1680)
Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707)
James Brindley (1716-1772)
John Smeaton (1724-1792)
James Watt (1736-1819)
From William Jessop to Marc Brunel: William Jessop (1745-1814)
Lazare Carnot (1753-1823)
Thomas Telford (1757-1834)
John Rennie (1761-1821)
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849)
From Richard Trevithick to Sadi Carnot: Richard Trevithick (1771-1833)
Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
George Stephenson (1781-1848)
Charles Babbage (1792-1871)
Charles Vignoles (1793-1875)
Sadi Carnot (1796-1832)
From Joseph Henry to Sir Joseph William Bazalgette: Joseph Henry (1797-1878)
John Ericsson (1803-1899)
Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
John Roebling (1806-1869)
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891)
From James Buchanan Eads to Alexander Graham Bell: James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887)
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) (1824-1907)
Gustav Eiffel (1832-1923)
George Westinghouse (1846-1914)
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
From Ferdinand Braun to Heinrich Hertz: Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918)
Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923)
Charles Parsons (1854-1931)
Granville Woods (1856-1910)
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894)
From Rudolf Diesel to Guglielmo Marconi: Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)
Elmer Sperry (1860-1930)
Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) and Orville Wright (1871-1948)
Frederick Lanchester (1868-1946)
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)
From Peter Pal'chinskii to Vladimir Zworykin: Peter Pal'chinskii (1875-1929)
Edith Clarke (1883-1958)
Andrei Tupolev (1888-1972)
John Logie Baird (1888-1946)
Vladimir Zworykin (1889-1982)
From Dennis Gabor to Claude Shannon: Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1906-1966)
Frank Whittle (1907-1996)
William Shockley (1910-1989)
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)
Claude Shannon (1916-2001)
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