• Question: Who is your favourite engineer?

    Asked by Fin to Laura, Julia, Krishnaa, Rebecca, Si on 13 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by Jake TT.
    • Photo: Simon Willocks

      Simon Willocks answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      John Logie Baird … inventor of the television.(moving pictures).. ground breaking technology that is used globally and is the back bone of communications.

    • Photo: Julia Faerber

      Julia Faerber answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      @Fin: Leonardo da Vinci! He was incredible smart and talented, and very forward thinking compared to the time he was living in.

    • Photo: Krishnaa Mahbubani

      Krishnaa Mahbubani answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Hey there Fin and Jake,

      My favourite engineer has got to be Isambard Kingdom Brunel – he came up with many innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. He set the standard for a well-built railway – by surveying the land before he built on it. And was also responsible for building three steam-powered iron-hulled ships (rather than wooden ships) that revolutionised naval engineering.

      You should certainly read more about him – here’s a good link: http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/isambard-kingdom-brunel

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