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1021109Dam Busterhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/barnes-wallis/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/374791/33202d07-7f6e-4eeb-87d9-3380bdde390c.jpg?v=638530957244000000263309MXNOrionInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A stunningly good and surely definitive biography of one of the most fascinating British engineers ever to have lived JAMES HOLLAND</strong></p><p>Barnes Wallis is remembered for contributions to aviation that spanned most of the 20th century, from airships at its start to reusable spacecraft near the end. In the years between he pioneered new kinds of aircraft structure, bombs to alter the way in which wars are fought, and aeroplanes that could change shape in flight. Later work extended to radio telescopy, prosthetic limbs, and plans for a fleet of high-speed cargo submarines to travel the worlds oceans in silence.</p><p>For all his fame, little is known about the man himself. <em>Dam Buster</em> draws on family records to reveal someone thick with contradictions: a Victorian who in his imagination ranged far into the 21st century; a romantic for whom nostalgic pastoral and advanced technology went together; an unassuming man who kept a close eye on his legacy. Wallis was last in a line of engineers who combined hands-on experience with searching vision. Richard Morris sets out to locate him in Britains grand narrative.</p>...1016948Dam Buster263309https://www.gandhi.com.mx/barnes-wallis/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/374791/33202d07-7f6e-4eeb-87d9-3380bdde390c.jpg?v=638530957244000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781474623445_W3siaWQiOiI2MjAzMzViZS02ODZkLTRlYzQtYjc5OC1hNGU4OTM2ZTVkOWIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMwOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI2MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMjBUMDY6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA5LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJmMTVlMjc5Yi1iNmIwLTQzOTgtOGUzOC01MGY3MDJkYzQ2MGUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI5OCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI1NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMTAtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781474623445_<p>Sir Barnes Wallis CBE became a household name after the hit 1954 film The Dam Busters in which Michael Redgrave portrayed a shy, slightly abstracted genius at odds with bureaucracy. Yet this was a simplified picture of a complicated, mercurial man.</p><p>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 worlds oceans in near silence.</p><p>Yet little has been written 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, Barnes Wallis brings to life one of Britains greatest inventors: a visionary genius and private romantic; an insufferable pedant and a doting and patient son; and a self-mythologising martyr and a loyal friend.</p>...(*_*)9781474623445_<p><strong>A stunningly good and surely definitive biography of one of the most fascinating British engineers ever to have lived JAMES HOLLAND</strong></p><p>Barnes Wallis is remembered for contributions to aviation that spanned most of the 20th century, from airships at its start to reusable spacecraft near the end. In the years between he pioneered new kinds of aircraft structure, bombs to alter the way in which wars are fought, and aeroplanes that could change shape in flight. Later work extended to radio telescopy, prosthetic limbs, and plans for a fleet of high-speed cargo submarines to travel the worlds oceans in silence.</p><p>For all his fame, little is known about the man himself. <em>Dam Buster</em> draws on family records to reveal someone thick with contradictions: a Victorian who in his imagination ranged far into the 21st century; a romantic for whom nostalgic pastoral and advanced technology went together; an unassuming man who kept a close eye on his legacy. Wallis was last in a line of engineers who combined hands-on experience with searching vision. Richard Morris sets out to locate him in Britains grand narrative.</p>...9781474623445_Orionlibro_electonico_eb279b29-63c4-3aae-89d7-bf31922f5c17_9781474623445;9781474623445_9781474623445Richard MorrisInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-1a1eed3c-b8d7-4ae8-b3ed-13a112bf50e3.epub2023-05-04T00:00:00+00:00Orion