The 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.
Starting with this forgotten episode, this text tells the bitter-sweet story of how one country lost its industrial tradition and got something back.
This is the authentic voice of history in the making, a vivd and powerful testimony from a nation that came together and kept the RAF flying and fighting.
Backroom Boys
BACKROOM BOYS: Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs,1942-46