Engineers : From the Great Pyramids to the Pioneers of Space Travel

An epic visual guide to the great engineers who have built our world. Full of great tales of achievement and ingenuity. Engineers celebrates 80 of the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on the world. Early engineers -- Building the ancient world -- Imhotep -- Eupalinos -- Sostratus of Cnidus -- Vitruvius -- Engineering innovations : the dome -- Apollodorus of Damascus -- Trajan's column -- Ancient innovators -- Ctesibius -- Hero of Alexandria -- Zhang Heng -- Breakthrough invention : Roman aqueduct -- Archimedes -- Ma Jun -- Renaissance and enlightenment -- Islamic engineers -- Al-Jazari -- Taqi Al-Din -- Fathullah Shirazi -- Renaissance polymaths -- Guo Shoujing -- Taccola -- Filippo Brunelleschi -- Leonardo da Vinci -- New technology -- Cornelius Drebbel -- Engineering innovations : ship design -- Robert Hooke -- Christiaan Huygens -- John Harrison -- Breakthrough invention : marine chronometer -- Waterways and harbours -- Pierre-Paul Riquet -- James Brindley -- William Jessop -- John Rennie -- Benjamin Wright -- Winstanley and Smeaton -- Engineering innovations : Lighthouses -- Early steam engines -- Dennis Papin -- Thomas Savery -- Thomas Newcomen -- Industrial Revolution -- Developing the steam engine -- James Watt -- Watt's workshop -- Oliver Evans -- Jacob Perkins -- Richard Trevithick -- Ernst Alban -- Harnessing Electricity -- Benjamin Franklin -- Alessandro Volta -- Michael Faraday -- Joseph Henry -- The factory floor -- Richard Arkwright -- Eli Whitney -- Brama and Maudslay -- Nasmyth and Whitworth -- Breakthrough invention : Naysmith's steam hammer -- Building bridges -- Robert Mylne -- Thomas Telford -- Marc Seguin the Elder -- Roeblings -- Balloons and airships -- Montgolfier Brothers -- Alberto Santos-Dumont -- Ferdinand von Zepplin -- Machine age -- Transport revolution -- Robert Fulton -- Stephensons -- Isambard Kingdom Brunel -- Engineering innovations : Railways -- John Frank Stevens -- William Tritton -- Mark V Tank -- Pierre Michaux -- Industrial innovations -- Robert Stirling -- Goldsworthy Gurney -- Joseph Paxton -- Cyrus McCormick -- William Armstrong -- Samuel Colt -- Henry Bessemer -- Breakthrough invention : Bessemer converter -- William Thomson -- Werner Von Siemens -- Charles Van Depoele -- Joseph Engelberger -- Great constructions -- Monier and Freytag -- William Arrol -- Public Health -- Eugene Belgrand -- Joseph Bazalgette -- Hertha Ayrton -- Radio and Sound -- Alexander Graham Bell -- Thomas Edison -- Nikola Tesla -- Guglielmo Marconi -- Julio Cevera Baviera -- Modern times -- Motorcar -- Karl Benz -- Gottlieb Daimler -- Henry Ford -- Ferdinand Porsche -- Motion pictures -- Louis Le Prince -- Lumier Brothers -- Towering structures -- William Le Baron Jenney -- Vladimir Shukhov -- Breakthrough invention : Steel framed building -- Tachu Naito -- Eduardo Torroja -- Fazlur Khan -- Flying machines -- George Cayley -- John Stringfellow -- Octave Chanute -- Otto Lilienthal -- Hiram Maxim -- Wright Brothers -- In their own words : Wright Brothers -- Juan de la Cierva -- Hugo Junkers -- Whittle and Von Ohain -- Space engineering -- Robert Goddard -- Engineering innovations: the rocket -- Sergei Korolev -- Wernher Von Braun -- Burt Rutan -- Large Hadron Collider. From the earliest engineers such as Archimedes and Hero of Alexandria, heroes of the Industrial Revolution like Eli Whitney and Alessandro Volta, and pioneers of the Modern Age with Henry Ford and Wernher von Braun, Engineers looks at more than eighty of the world's greatest engineers who they were, what they did, and how their projects shaped the course of human history. The only book to feature engineers from every era of human history and all disciplines of engineering from civil engineering to space flight Engineers includes original drawings and specially commissioned photography to help illuminate the stories behind the great milestones of engineering. From aqueducts to bridges, monuments to buildings, and engines to motion pictures, Engineers will appeal to readers of all ages who are interested in the power of the pioneering mind. Engineers have always had a huge influence on the way we live and how our world looks. They create lasting solutions to the biggest challenges, and construct iconic and incredible buildings that have literally stood the test of time. Engineers tells their story, from the men who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the pioneers of space travel. Often many different minds worked together or built on the work of previous generations to achieve a working version of a great idea: Engineers explores this progression of ideas, from initial concept to prototype and finished design. The great achievements of engineers go hand in hand with the world's greatest structures, such as aqueducts, monuments, bridges, and dams. These works are shown in detail and highlighted with beautiful illustrations, photographs, and technical drawings. Full of great tales of achievement and ingenuity, Engineers celebrates 80 of the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on the world. Learn all about how their projects have changed the course of history and added to human progress from the men who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Industrial Revolution and the impressive structures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and on to the pioneers of space travel and the computer scientists of today. From initial concepts to prototypes and finished designs, Engineers is full to bursting with technical drawings, specially commissioned artworks, blueprints and virtual tours that help bring the structures, inventions and technological breakthroughs to life. Engineers is for anyone who is intrigued by the power of the pioneering mind A visual guide to the great engineers who have built our world. Including great tales of achievement and ingenuity, it celebrates 80 of the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on the world. It is suitable for those who are intrigued by the power of the pioneering mind. Presents a history of the world's most prominent and revolutionary engineers, discussing their key feats and major breakthroughs, from Archimedes and Leonardo da Vinci to Henry Ford and the Wright brothers. Examines the lives and motivations of engineers, spanning the ancient world to modern times, and providing illustrated narratives, detailed accounts, photo-essays, and more