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Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
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First Published:
Sep 2023, 384 pages
Paperback:
Oct 1, 2024, 384 pages
Book Reviewed by:
Jordan Lynch
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Rudolf Diesel ought to be a household name. Like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Nikola Tesla, Diesel (born in 1858) invented something that changed the world: the internal combustion engine, successfully developed in 1897. But although "diesel engine" and "diesel fuel" have become common parlance, the man behind those terms has slid into obscurity, after he reached worldwide fame only to vanish in 1913. What happened to Diesel, and why has he been largely forgotten? In The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel, Douglas Brunt tells the story of the great inventor—his background, his work, his aspirations—and provides compelling evidence that there was more to Diesel’s disappearance than was initially believed.
Befitting a book about the invention of a new type of engine, especially one that radically changed the field of transportation and played a ...
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