It's not just affection for leather and brass that drives the fascination; harnessing the power of steam broke humans out of what William Rosen calls the "Malthusian trap" that had kept mankind ever on the brink of famine and collapse.
What drove her fascination with fashion was understanding what inspired the consumer to purchase certain items and how they were engaging with the brand.
I can tell you the contemporary cat craze isn't just driven by fascination, but a primal search for kindred spirits.
Her work is driven by fascination with how emotions are consciously, critically manipulated through framing, fragmentation, tone of voice and body language, how meaning is influenced and directed.
What we have is an endless series of approximations, some better than others, constructed out of a tangle of pessimism and hope, driven by fascination, desire and love, and serving the overarching project of cultural mobility.
But he can only emulate the galloping narrative drive and the fascination with mythological archetypes, pyramids, Holy Grails, treasure maps and secret codes; he can't summon the sexy, playful side of the Spielberg-Lucas legacy.
As groups gather this week, literally around the world, to celebrate Gardner's 100th birthday, the same things drive them: a fascination with sharing and solving puzzles, a realization that these activities are some of the best ways to reinforce the importance of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, mathematics) outside the classroom, an understanding of the joy of giving to get.
Part of what drives the "Girls" fascination is Dunham herself.
We were driven by a fascination with this man, we wanted to go inside his head and unravel all the myths around him.
Mitchell's Panacea project has been driven by his fascination with rhythmic counterpoints, vocals and streaming, Herbie Hancock-ish piano-playing.
Gu's position as the wife of a powerful but divisive leader, Bo Xilai, has driven the global fascination with the scandal.
