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1859 - Duke Street, Westminster
With paralysis still lodged in his right side and the Great Eastern listing somewhere he cannot reach, the engineer who thought bigger than anyone reflects on the cost.
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1859 - Duke Street, Westminster
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1859 - Duke Street, Westminster
Isambard Kingdom Brunel stands at 1859 - Duke Street, Westminster, with connected routes through neighbouring lives, places, and historical pressure.
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1865 - White House, Washington
Victory, reconstruction, and the unfinished cost of union.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
In the final winter of the Civil War, a president confronts the distance between saving the Union and saving himself.
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1790 - Philadelphia
science-and-discovery
A contrasting life shaped by science and discovery.
In Philadelphia, the most practical man of the Revolution reflects on what independence actually required — and what it didn't.
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1852 - London
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
In London, with her body failing, the woman who saw the potential of computing before anyone else sets down what the numbers meant.
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1862 - Hampton Court
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
With his memory fraying while institutions claim his work, the man who discovered electromagnetism sets down what the science actually felt like.
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1849 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
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In Boulogne-sur-Mer, with the sea air in his lungs and the continent he liberated behind him, a general who chose exile over power reflects on what independence actually meant.
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1895 - London
science-and-discovery
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Confined to her rooms, no longer able to walk the wards, the founder of modern nursing reflects on what reform actually requires.
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1865 - White House, Washington
Victory, reconstruction, and the unfinished cost of union.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
In the final winter of the Civil War, a president confronts the distance between saving the Union and saving himself.
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1790 - Philadelphia
science-and-discovery
A contrasting life shaped by science and discovery.
In Philadelphia, the most practical man of the Revolution reflects on what independence actually required — and what it didn't.
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1852 - London
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
In London, with her body failing, the woman who saw the potential of computing before anyone else sets down what the numbers meant.
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1862 - Hampton Court
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
With his memory fraying while institutions claim his work, the man who discovered electromagnetism sets down what the science actually felt like.
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