Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin by Francis Spufford

Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

Francis Spufford

256 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative medium-paced
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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, Backroom Boys tells the bittersweet story of how one country lost its industrial tradi...

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