Francis (author) Spufford
Faber & Faber
e druk, 2004
9780571214976
Backroom Boys
The Secret Return of the British Boffin
Specificaties
Paperback, 272 blz.
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Faber & Faber |
e druk, 2004
ISBN13: 9780571214976
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 7 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. This book contains chapters on the Beagle II, Elite - the 80s computer game, the Blue Streak missile, Concorde, mobile phone technology and the Human Genome Project, among others.