Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

ISBN-10
1845056736
ISBN-13
9781845056735
Series
Backroom Boys
Category
Inventions
Pages
390
Language
English
Published
2004
Author
Francis Spufford

Description

Britain is the only country in the world to have cancelled its space programme just as it put its first rocket into orbit. Starting with this forgotten episode, this text tells the bitter-sweet story of how one country lost its industrial tradition and got something back.

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