Zeno Singer

History with a Grain of Salt Zeno Singer

The nineteenth century. Rarely in human history has such a short period of time left such deep traces and completely changed and defined everyday life and the world itself as this hundred-year period. Those who embark on reading this book will be able to participate in it in an easy, interesting, and fun way, because, in addition to the amazing inventions that used the power of machines to make people's lives easier, they may also have a little better understanding of the numerous wars that were fought during that period. And those wars were no longer just because of the conquest and plunder of the spoils of war, but also because of ideas. Whether those ideas were about national unity or human rights, thousands and thousands of victims were needed to realize them. We shall see how magnificent construction undertakings were undertaken; how canals were dug and hills shifted to allow ships to pass. We will see how a railroad was built across the continent and how engines were harnessed to carts instead of horses. And in the end, we may fully understand how one humble genius not only managed to illuminate the whole world and to enable the functioning of everything we see around us to this day.