Happy 200th, Isambard Kingdom Brunel,
20th March 2006: 200 years old and he doesn’t look a day over 54. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a walking talking giant embodiment of risk and reward. Even Brunel’s middle name was enormous, and, judging by the daring of his projects, I believe that to be also true of another couple of bits of his anatomy. The man has always been my engineering hero. Although I never met him, I think of him with great affection because he got things right and he […]
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