Isambard Kingdom Brunel

A biography of the nineteenth-century Englishman who was “one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history” (Nature).
 
Civil and mechanical engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s accomplishments were extraordinary—involving the Great Western Railway, the SS Great Britain, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, prefabricated hospital buildings for use during the Crimean War, and more. Bor...