Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Mitchison, Amanda2023
Book
This is a short, engaging biography of the brilliant Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel written for 9-12 year olds, but to be enjoyed by adults too. From tunnels and railways to bridges and ships, Isambard Kingdom Brunel would stop at nothing to realise his amazing engineering ideas. Born at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Brunel had a brilliant brain for design, and never tired of building new and exciting things - the deepest tunnel, the longest bridge, the fastest train. For Brunel, the average and the ordinary were just not good enough. A perfectionist and a control freak, he would stop at nothing to complete a project, even when it meant taking hair-raising risks.
Main title:
Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel / Amanda Mitchison.
Author:
Mitchison, Amanda, author
Imprint:
London : Short Books, 2023.
Collation:
112 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781780726045 (pbk)
Dewey class:
624.092J624.092
Language:
English
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BRN:
3646623