A Scientist's War : The diary of Sir Clifford Paterson 1939-45

Sir Clifford Paterson, OBE FRS, was Director of the GEC Research Laboratories at Wembley from their foundation in 1919 until his death in 1948. This book contains the daily diary which he kept from the beginning of September 1939 until May 1945. These were the years of the Second World War, and Pate...

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Další autoři: Clayton, Robert (Editor)
Algar, Joan (Editor)
Korporace: IET Digital Library (online služba)  
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Stevenage : IET, 1991
Edice:History of Technology
Žánr/forma:elektronické knihy
ISBN:9781849194068
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