Overview
The Victorians invented the idea of the future. They saw it as anĀ undiscovered country, one ripe for exploration and colonization. AndĀ to get usĀ there, they created a new way of ordering and transforming nature, built on grand designs and the mass-mobilization of the resources of the British Empire.
With their expert culture of accuracy and precision, they created telegraphs and telephones, electric trams and railways, builtĀ machines that could think, and devised engines that could reach for the skies.Ā When Cyrus Fieldās audacious planĀ to lay a telegraphĀ cable across the Atlantic finally succeeded in 1866, it showedĀ how science, properly disciplined, could make new worlds. As crowds flocked toĀ the Great Exhibition of 1851Ā and the exhibitions its success inaugurated, theyĀ came to see the future made factāto see the future being built beforeĀ their eyes.
In this rich and absorbing book, a distinguished historian of science tells the story of how this future was made. From Charles Babbageās dream of mechanizing mathematics to Isambard Kingdom Brunelās tunnel beneath the Thames to Georgeās Cayleyās fantasiesĀ of powered flight and Nikola Teslaās visions of an electrical world, it is a story ofĀ towering personalities, clashing ambitions, furiousĀ rivalries and conflicting culturesāa rich tapestry of remarkable lives that transformed theĀ world beyond recognition and ultimately took mankind to the Moon.
This book title, How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon (The Story of the 19th-Century Innovators Who Forged Our Future), ISBN: 9781639362608, by Iwan Rhys Morus, published by Pegasus Books (November 1, 2022) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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