Eta kniga rasskazyvaet o lyudyach, kotorye menyali nash mir, o velikich uchenych i mechtatelyach, postroivshich novoe budushhee: Leonardo da Vinchi, Nikola Tesla, Iogann Gutenberg, Uil′yam Myordok, ZHozef-Mishel′ i ZHak-Et′enn Mongol′f′e, CHarl′z Lindberg, Bendzhamin Franklin, Alessandro Vol′ta, Majkl Faradej, Aleksandr Bell - vot lish′ kratkij perechen′ imen, predstavlennych v izdanii. Kniga vychodit v dvuch oformleniyach, kazhdoe iz kotorych stanet ukrasheniem knizhnoj polki.