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Slide rule: the autobiography of an engineer

By Shute , Nevil

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage International;Vintage Books
Year
2010
ISBN
9780307474186, 0307474186, 9781409087458, 140908745X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1867649 bytes)
Series
Vintage classics (London England)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Nevil Shute was a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute's path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s and 30s. The inspiration for many of the themes and concerns of Shutes novels can be found in this enjoyable and enlightening memoir.

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