{"product_id":"ferdinand-porsche-engineering-for-empires-and-beyond-9781923545045","title":"Ferdinand Porsche: Engineering for Empires and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aaron Aaberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross six turbulent decades Ferdinand Porsche sketched, soldered and strategised his way from a Bohemian tinsmith's shop to the boardrooms that powered monarchies, dictatorships and global brands. His wheel-hub motors dazzled the Paris Expo of 1900; his super-charged \"Kompressor\" cars ruled inter-war racing; his design for the KdF-Wagen became the Volkswagen Beetle; and his forced-labor tank projects darkened the Eastern Front. After 1945 the sawmill workshops of Gm�nd birthed the 356 coup�, the 550 Spyder and, ultimately, the 911-machines that rewrote the grammar of speed while financing a consultancy whose fingerprints now span Formula One turbos and dual-clutch road cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on factory minutes, dyno sheets, interrogation transcripts and race reports, Ferdinand Porsche: Engineering for Empires and Beyond tells a double-edged story of brilliance and complicity. It follows the man who could reduce friction to decimals yet left moral questions unanswered, and it charts how an idea of lightweight, rear-engine efficiency survived regime change, imprisonment and the discipline of global markets. Fact-only, narrative-rich, this book threads mechanical ingenuity and industrial ethics into a single, unflinching chronicle of the engineer whose echo still powers the roads-and debates-of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46318861648023,"sku":"9781923545045","price":1586.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781923545045.webp?v=1768682295","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ferdinand-porsche-engineering-for-empires-and-beyond-9781923545045","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}