CHAPTER 1
Electrician, Gunsmith, Physicist
Automobile Pioneers Then and Now
Be a realist and demand the impossible!
—ANARCHISTS’ SLOGAN
Who were the pioneers who swept away the horse industry with their automobiles? If we take a look at the life and education of Carl Benz or Ferdinand Porsche, we immediately realize that they did not start out in the transport industry. Benz was a mechanical engineer, Porsche originally trained as a plumber and electrician, and Nicolaus Otto, father of the Otto motor, was a merchant who taught himself all the relevant knowledge he needed to tinker with his inventions. Gottfried Daimler completed his training ...
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