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Brunel
(Historical Storybooks)
Margaret Nash, Jim Eldridge
(Illustrator)
Isaac's father is a ganger building Isambard Kingdom Brunel's
Box Tunnel which will complete the line between London and
Bristol. This book attempts to show through Isaac's eyes how
Brunel's theories and construction work. |
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Isambard
Kingdom Brunel: Recent Works
R. Angus Buchanan, Michael
Chrimes, John King, et al, Eric Kentley (Introduction)
This is a unique and insightful look at some of the works
Brunel completed towards the end of his life including Paddington
Station, Renkioi Hospital (Crimea) and the Royal Albert Bridge,
Saltash. Avoiding the traditional biographical style of writing,
this title explores Brunel's designs with the aid of contemporary
architects, re-evaluating the designs and concluding that
they are the best not simply 'because they were Brunel's',
but because he investigated the most practical way of problem
solving. |
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Brunel
(Lifelines)
Richard Tames |
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Isambard
Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight Errant
Adrian Vaughan
This is the first biography to show Brunel as he actually
was. Drawing on evidence ignored or suppressed in Rolt's classic
Life, Adrian Vaughan reveals not just an engineer of genius,
a born actor and a courageous leader, but also a man who was
obstinate, unjust, dictatorial and in the end paranoid. Outwardly
indomitable, Brunel was driven by his 'blue devils': fears
and insecurities he confided only to a journal he kept locked.
His drive cost others dear: lives and fortunes were lost in
the execution of his dramatic projects. He was an engineering
knight-errant, not interested in mundane solutions but in
daring experiments that would make him famous. Brunel's superbly
engineered raflways'and bridges, and three great ships, serve
as his monument. Much of his work is still in place, as serviceable
as when it was first built. But he sold his soul to ambition,
and like Faust he paid. |
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Isambard
Kingdom Brunel
L.T.C. Rolt, Angus Buchanan (Introduction)
In this biography of Brunel the author has aimed to make
the technical problems of engineering interesting and comprehensible
to the layman. He combines with this an appreciation of Brunel's
forthright, vigorous and humorous character. |
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Brunel:
The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Angus
Buchanan
Isambard Kingdom Brunel is admired as one of the greatest
of all engineers. His leading role in the transport revolution
of the 19th 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.
"Brunel" 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 who he was and how he
made the most of the great opportunities offered to him. |