The Industrial Revolution affected all aspects of human knowledge and all countries of the world. This was a qualitatively new leap in the development of all humanity. One of the brightest pages of the industrial revolution was the Brunel dynasty of engineers. Marc Brunel is famous for his invention of the tunneling shield and the construction of a tunnel under the Thames with its help. His son Isambard Kingdom is a British engineer, no less famous for his innovations in the construction of railways, machinery and mechanisms for steamships. This book will tell you how man skillfully used everything that was given to him by nature, transforming what was useful and cutting off what was unnecessary, synthesizing the achievements of previous generations and adding to them the spirit of modern times. This book is not just about construction or engineering, it is about evolution, about the movement of thought, about the path that we call progress. This book is about the strength and power of man.