Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin
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Author: Spufford, Francis
Brand: Penguin Random House
Edition: Main
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 19-10-2004
Part Number: 9780571214976
Details: 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.
EAN: 9780571214976
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English

