From
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=31279The quote below is from a review of
Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin
by Francis Spufford a book about the history of technology and society. It’s about six engineering projects that have taken place in Britain since WWII. The projects range from rockets through Concorde to computer games, cell phones, and the Human Genome Project.
Two famous figures in the science fiction world are mentioned in this anec
Published on June 04, 2009 14:31