The 50 Greatest Engineers
Paul Virr
Engineering is everywhere, from the Large Hadron Collider to invisibly small circuits on silicon chips. The 50 Greatest Engineers celebrates the great achievements that have been made through the ages, containing profiles of the best-known and most innovative engineers of all time. Chosen from across the globe, they include a diverse range of talent - from the likes of Nikola Tesla, Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Gustave Eiffel to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fazlu Rahman Khan and the Wright Brothers.
Duration - 5h 49m.
Author - Paul Virr.
Narrator - Jack Bennett.
Published Date - Saturday, 20 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2022 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Engineering is everywhere, from the Large Hadron Collider to invisibly small circuits on silicon chips. The 50 Greatest Engineers celebrates the great achievements that have been made through the ages, containing profiles of the best-known and most innovative engineers of all time. Chosen from across the globe, they include a diverse range of talent - from the likes of Nikola Tesla, Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Gustave Eiffel to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Fazlu Rahman Khan and the Wright Brothers. Duration - 5h 49m. Author - Paul Virr. Narrator - Jack Bennett. Published Date - Saturday, 20 January 2024. Copyright - © 2022 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:13
Introduction
Duration:00:04:04
Imhotep
Duration:00:05:59
Archimedes
Duration:00:05:22
Ctesibius
Duration:00:03:58
Vitruvius
Duration:00:04:34
Heron of Alexandria
Duration:00:06:01
Zhang Heng
Duration:00:08:02
Apollodorus of Damascus
Duration:00:08:11
Ismail Al-Jazari
Duration:00:05:58
Filippo Brunelleschi
Duration:00:08:53
Mariano di Jacopo
Duration:00:06:43
Leonardo da Vinci
Duration:00:09:37
Cornelis Drebbel
Duration:00:06:06
Christiaan Huygens
Duration:00:06:39
Robert Hooke
Duration:00:07:57
Thomas Newcomen
Duration:00:08:05
John Harrison
Duration:00:06:14
James Watt
Duration:00:07:06
Thomas Telford
Duration:00:07:14
Richard Trevithick
Duration:00:07:11
George Cayley
Duration:00:06:13
George & Robert Stephenson
Duration:00:08:05
Michael Faraday
Duration:00:05:58
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Duration:00:08:16
John, Washington & Emily Roebling
Duration:00:05:50
Joseph Bazalgette
Duration:00:05:41
Nikolaus Otto
Duration:00:05:32
William Le Baron Jenney
Duration:00:06:19
Gottlieb Daimler
Duration:00:09:38
Thomas Edison
Duration:00:09:53
Alexander Graham Bell
Duration:00:08:56
Vladimir Shukhov
Duration:00:07:27
Hertha Ayrton
Duration:00:06:25
Nikola Tesla
Duration:00:07:33
Granville Woods
Duration:00:06:17
Rudolf Diesel
Duration:00:05:46
August & Louis Lumière
Duration:00:06:19
Wilbur & Orville Wright
Duration:00:10:12
Guglielmo Marconi
Duration:00:06:34
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Duration:00:05:47
Robert H. Goddard
Duration:00:06:49
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney
Duration:00:05:47
Olive Dennis
Duration:00:05:59
Tachū Naitō
Duration:00:06:56
Verena Holmes
Duration:00:05:38
Igor Sikorsky
Duration:00:07:17
R. Buckminster Fuller
Duration:00:06:11
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
Duration:00:06:09
Frank Whittle
Duration:00:08:23
Werner von Braun
Duration:00:07:16
Fazlur Rahman Khan
Duration:00:05:49
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:24