The dam buster : Barnes Wallis - an engineer's life /
by Morris, Richard.
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BookPublisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023Description: 416 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781474623421 (hbk.) :; 1474623425 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 WALSubject(s): Wallis, Barnes, 1887-1979 | Aeronautical engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography | Biography | Biography | 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 | Biography & non-fiction prose | Biography: historical, political & military | First World WarSummary: Barnes Wallis' contribution to British aircrafts and weapons is legendary; from the R100 intercontinental airship and innovative aircrafts like the Wellesley and Wellington, to bombs that destroyed hitherto invulnerable targets, and variable-geometry aerodynes. In addition to playing a significant part in both world wars and the Cold War, his work and inventions extended to a radio-telescope, ships, bridges, prosthetic limbs, and a nuclear-powered submarine designed to travel the world's oceans in near silence. Yet little has been written about the private Wallis; the man who fell in love with his 17-year-old distant cousin-in-law when he was 34 - and thus began a love that lasted 57 years; the man who loved the British countryside and spent every spare moment rambling. Using previously unseen letters and diaries, Richard Morris brings to life one of Britain's greatest inventors.
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Barnes Wallis' contribution to British aircrafts and weapons is legendary; from the R100 intercontinental airship and innovative aircrafts like the Wellesley and Wellington, to bombs that destroyed hitherto invulnerable targets, and variable-geometry aerodynes. In addition to playing a significant part in both world wars and the Cold War, his work and inventions extended to a radio-telescope, ships, bridges, prosthetic limbs, and a nuclear-powered submarine designed to travel the world's oceans in near silence. Yet little has been written about the private Wallis; the man who fell in love with his 17-year-old distant cousin-in-law when he was 34 - and thus began a love that lasted 57 years; the man who loved the British countryside and spent every spare moment rambling. Using previously unseen letters and diaries, Richard Morris brings to life one of Britain's greatest inventors.
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