The 50 greatest engineers : the people whose innovations have shaped our world / Paul Virr and William Potter

Introduction -- Imhotep -- Archimedes -- Ctesibius -- Vitruvius -- Heron of Alexandria -- Zhang Heng -- Apollodorus of Damascus -- Ismail Al-Jazari -- Filippo Brunelleschi -- Mariano di Jacopo : Il Taccola -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Cornelis Drebbel -- Christiaan Huygens -- Robert Hooke -- Thomas Newcomen -- John Harrison -- James Watt -- Thomas Telford -- Richard Trvithick -- 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 Aytron -- Nikola Tesla -- Granville Woods -- Rudolf Diesel -- August & Louis Lumiere -- 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 Flugge-Lotz -- Frank Whittle -- Werner von Braun -- Fazlur Rahman Khan.

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