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Artur Fürst

1880–1926

Drawn to the speed and wonder of modern life, this early 20th-century German writer built stories around new inventions, travel, and big ideas. His books brought science and technology to a wide popular audience while keeping a strong sense of adventure.

2 Audiobooks

Werner von Siemens, der Begründer der modernen Elektrotechnik

Werner von Siemens, der Begründer der modernen Elektrotechnik

by Artur Fürst

Die Welt auf Schienen Eine Darstellung der Einrichtungen und des Betriebs auf den Eisenbahnen des Fernverkehrs, Nebst einer Geschichte der Eisenbahn

Die Welt auf Schienen Eine Darstellung der Einrichtungen und des Betriebs auf den Eisenbahnen des Fernverkehrs, Nebst einer Geschichte der Eisenbahn

by Artur Fürst

About the author

Born in Rosenberg, West Prussia, in 1880, Artur Fürst was a German-Jewish author and engineer who became known for novels, short stories, and popular science writing. Reliable biographical sources agree that he studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the Technical University in Berlin and continued his studies in Paris.

A lot of his work centered on the excitement of modern technology. His writing often explored inventions and discoveries such as the telephone, railways, and aviation, and he was described as one of the more popular authors of the 1910s and 1920s.

Fürst died in Berlin in 1926, at just 46 years old. Even in a short life, he left behind a body of work that linked fiction with the energy of scientific progress and the rapidly changing world around him.