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Written by David Angus - Audio book narrated by Benjamin Soames - Audio-Original Nonfiction - 2 COMPACT DISCS - 2 hours, 33 minutes

Publisher, Naxos AudioBooks (October 2006)

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Archimedes | Gutenberg | Franklin | Nobel | Bell | Marconi | The Wright Brothers | Edison

Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different – quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn – but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked.

It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.

About the Narrator: Benjamin Soames trained at LAMDA. He has appeared in the TV series Sharpe and Absolutely Fabulous as well as the films Heavy Weather and England, My England. He toured worldwide in the acclaimed Cheek By Jowl production of Measure For Measure.