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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- snowwrestler 11y agoFor those who watched the London Olympics, this was the figure portrayed by Kenneth Branaugh in the beginning when the Olympic rings were "forged."
- Animats 11y agoNow there was an engineer. The musical version.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21QqXumEWFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21QqXumEWFU
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI love such songs. Thanks for linking!
- qubex 11y agoI'm of Bristolian origin, and here's the local hero.
- danans 11y agoDarn, too bad I already named my kids.
- jacques_chester 11y agoMy father wanted to name me Isambard, but was overruled by my mother.
- tgb 11y agoSo, what's your middle name?
- jacques_chester 11y agoDad missed out there too.
- fnordsensei 11y agoI hadn't heard of him before I came across him in a novel (http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Affair-Spring-Swinburne-Adventure/dp/1616142405 http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Affair-Spring-Swinburne-Advent...), and after that I had to read up on him. Quite a remarkable fellow.
- fnordsensei 11y agoI hadn't heard of him before I came across him in a novel (http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Affair-Spring-Swinburne-Adventure/dp/1616142405 http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Affair-Spring-Swinburne-Advent...), and after that I had to read up on him. Quite a remarkable fellow.
- omegaworks 11y agoDude even tried his own hyperloop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel#Brunel.27s_.22atmospheric_caper.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel#Brunel...
- hardlianotion 11y agoHis dad was remarkable as well. Brunel cut his teeth on his father's Thames tunnel project (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Tunnel). There is a little Brunel museum on the site of the project's steam engine. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.
- Malic 11y agoBrunel makes occasional appearances along side Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage in Sydney Padua's alternative-history web comic "2D Goggles", which is worth your time... http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/cast/ http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/cast/
- joshcrews 11y ago#2 on BBC's list of 100 Greatest Britons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons The only one in the top 10 I had never heard of before.
- nikdaheratik 11y agoI first heard about him from the mini bio in Railroad Tycoon II of all things. Very interesting guy.
- mikeash 11y agoThat was my thought as well. Railroad Tycoon was an interesting way to learn about that particular slice of early industrial history.
- jimjimjim 11y agoI first heard about him from Jeremy Clarkson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwHnVH9jWmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwHnVH9jWmU (punchy or not, clarkson makes great documentaries)
- spinchange 11y agoI'm reading Voice Across The Sea now and Arthur C. Clarke called Brunel, "the greatest engineering genius of the Victorian era - perhaps, indeed, the only man in the last five hundred years to come within hailing distance of Leonardo da Vinci." He was also a fan of L.T.C Rolt's biography: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1828514.Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1828514.Isambard_Kingdom...