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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-08-06

Books mentioned on The Story of Rudolf Diesel

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Rudolf Diesel was a game changing inventor, though his most famous product was not used how he envisioned it. Listen in and learn about his life and mysterious death.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The coal question

    William Stanley Jevons, Alfred William Flux · at 12:56

    Discussed
    “But there was already back in the 1860s a book by a guy named Stanley Jevons, called 'The Coal Question,' and this guy was already warning about Peak Coal, essentially pointing out like coal is a non-renewable resource, everybody, and we are using it really, really fast. This guy was already ringing the alarm about it, and Rudolf Diesel was”
    Speaker The Story of Rudolf Diesel 2024-08-06 Listen at 12:56
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible Bookshop.org Open Library

  2. Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

    Douglas Brunt · at 41:32

    Discussed
    “Uh, if you want to know more about diesel and his engine, then just go read, uh, Douglas Brunt's book on it. And since I mentioned Douglas Brunt for one last time, it's time for listener mail. Uh, I'm going to call this Harvard follow-up with the old Puritans episode.”
    Speaker The Story of Rudolf Diesel 2024-08-06 Listen at 41:32
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible Bookshop.org Open Library