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Author Brunt, Douglas, author.

Title The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel : genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I / Douglas Brunt.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2023.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  621.43 Bru    New Books Pittsburg 2ndFL  DUE 05-09-24
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description x, 374 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Summary "The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I--this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index.
Subject Diesel, Rudolf, 1858-1913.
Mechanical engineers -- Germany -- Biography.
Diesel motor -- History.
Missing persons.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781982169909 : $28.99
1982169907 : $28.99

 
    
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