A question that every engineer should answer...

Current environmental crisis and earth's future - Energy for Planet Earth (1991)

Eurotunnel - greatest infrastructure project of the 20th century

Moral dilemmas working for big companies - corruption

Alexander Hamilton - song from the musical!

Perceptions of engineering - The Universe of Engineering (Malpas) report (2000)

The Shard

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Basilica Cistern

We talk to former Managing Director of BP, Co-Chairman of Eurotunnel and member of the ICI Main Board, Sir Robert Malpas. We cover human progress, creativity in engineering, living and working in different countries and leadership.
Books: 
1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
2. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and the stage musical
3. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
4. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Chosen track: Alexander Hamilton, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Contact us: readingpeople@nmite.ac.uk @nmite_ac
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Publications mentioned: 
1. The Universe of Engineering - A UK Perspective (2000) - RAEng/Engineering Council Working Group under Sir Robert Malpas' chairmanship
2. Energy for Planet Earth (1991) - Sir Robert Malpas, 
Date recorded: 24/05/19

Sir Robert Malpas

On Reading People, NMiTE Design Cohort members talk to thinkers, doers and innovators about their lives and the books they’re reading. 
We hope to capture some of the history, breadth and creativity of Hereford’s New Model Institute of Technology & Engineering.

Sir Robert Malpas

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