World History

The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention

William Rosen

About the Program

William Rosen contends that the invention of the steam engine in Britain and the succeeding Industrial Revolution was one of the greatest events that changed the way that human beings lived.  Mr. Rosen examines how the steam engine was created and why it was developed in Britain and not another locale.  William Rosen discusses his book at the Princeton Public Library in Princeton, New Jersey.

About the Authors

William Rosen

William Rosen is the author of Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe.  He is a former editor and publisher of Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and the Free Press.


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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention

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Past Airings

  • Saturday, September 18th at 2:30pm (ET)
  • Tuesday, July 6th at 4:45am (ET)
  • Monday, July 5th at 3pm (ET)
  • Saturday, July 3rd at 12pm (ET)
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