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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