A brief history of the age of steam cover

A brief history of the age of steam

by Thomas Crump

The author reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as James Watts, Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India and South America. 'A serious and fully furnished history of science, from which anyone interested in the development of ideas... will greatly profit.'

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?