Backroom Boys: The Secret Return Of The British Boffin
Faber & Faber
$17.10
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.
- | By (Author): Francis (author) Spufford
- | Series:
- | Publisher: Faber & Faber
- | Publication Date: Sep 02, 2004
- | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Language: Not available
- | Binding: Paperback|Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0571214975
- | ISBN-13: 9780571214976
- By (Author):
- Francis (author) Spufford
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:
- Sep 02, 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages:
- 272 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback|Softback
- Language:
- Not available
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571214976