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Sto caricando le informazioni... Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a biography (1957)di L. T. C. Rolt
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Engineering genius, technical innovator and one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions. L. T. C. Rolt's masterly biography is the definitive work on Brunel, tracing the life, times and monumental achivements of the man who helped to build modern Britain. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Rolt (a great writer and populariser of such topics) was approached to write a short biography of Brunel. The result was the still overbearing fixation with Brunel as being connected to Bristol, and the Clifton suspension bridge in particular. To the point where Brunel is still known as the builder of the Clifton bridge (he wasn't) and his actual bridge below, the first iron swivel bridge, is so unknown that it was almost discarded unrecognised.
This isn't a bad biography. What it covers is covered well. But it's nowhere near a complete one. ( )