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No. 12 – How a French Widow Conquered Russia
At the beginning of 1814, Russian troops had occupied the town of Reims in a famous French winegrowing region. The...
No. 11 – How holes generated income and saved lives
It was July 19, 1934, when a spectacular rescue operation of climbers occurred at an altitude of 2,865 metres, in...
No. 10 – How tea was given wings
It was the autumn of 1840 when Lady Lessenby sat with her friend, Alice Sumner, in the salon of their...
No. 9 – How innovation can challenge Monopolies
It was spring 2019 as Peter Schmidt and Klaus Hansbauer sat together in a restaurant in Berlin, Germany. Peter was...
No. 8 – How problems lead to unexpected solutions
Charles Bedwick waded deep in the underground through the tunnels of the “Peters Hill“ copper mine in Wales. The year...
No. 7 – How Structures have developed modern Switzerland
It was 22 June 1889 and, despite the rain and storms, a large crowd had gathered in front of Zurich´s...
No. 6 – How Switzerland overcame the steepest mountain
Standing on the terrace of Hotel Bellevue high on Mount Pilatus, Eduard Locher’s head was literally in the clouds. The...
No. 5 – How crucial time can be
It was 1861 and an impressive party was underway to celebrate the completion of one of the most remarkable technological...
No. 4 – How a cable connected the world
It was early 1858 when the American entrepreneur Cyrus W. Field asked an English bank to become part of the...
No. 3 – How water came to the dessert
In the summer of 1856 Hans Maierhauser, a wealthy widower, sat in his Palais in Vienna and read the newspaper....
No. 2 – How the Eiffel Tower came to Paris
Philipe Nouvain entered his office on a cold Tuesday morning in January 1887. It was his second day in his...
No. 1 – How the world learned to fly
It was a bright and sunny morning, still a bit windy. The first lovely day after a period of storms...