Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844255883 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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the last of a breed The book is subtitled The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis. I find that subtitle a little misleading as it should more accurately be The Engineering of Sir Barnes Wallis. In any case the focus is on the trajectory of Wallis' engineering work from his first days in airship design to his last ideas for supersonic transport. The large format of the book has allowed a high level of illustration with many contemporary photographs and drawings as well as some modern CAD renderings of concepts that never reached realization. The organization of the book is straight. An under-appreciated man Floyd T Sir Barnes' work (the Wellington bomber, and the Bouncing, Tallboy, Grandslam bombs) had a major effects during World War II. The Wellington was quick to build, tough and effective. The Bouncing bomb and the attack on the dams had a major impact on Nazi Germany's war production. The rush to repair to the Möhne, Sorpe and Eder dams and the damage caused by the flooding, pulled material and workers from all over Nazi-held territories. On D-day, the Atlantic Wall was incomplete due to lack of material and workers. The Nazi's fielded few tanks on for th
So how did his engineering genius take ideas from airships and push them forward to aircraft faster than Concorde? Barnes Wallis is best known as the’ boffin’ behind the famous bouncing bomb used by 617 Squadron to breach the Ruhr dams in 1943, but his work covers a far wider canvas. This book describes the huge breadth of Wallis’s work. It ranges from airships, through novel aircraft structures and special weapons to long-range supersonic aircraft, and an extensive patent portfolio. Barnes Wallis’s work covers far more than just basketwork bombers and bouncing bombs. It shows why his genius brought totally new ideas into these fields, and reveals the science and engineering expertise that he deployed to make them work.
He lives in Dundee.. Iain recently acted as a consultant for the ITV drama series Foyle’s War, which featured an episode set around a group working on the ‘bouncing bomb’. About the AuthorDr Iain Murray is a lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee
Dr Iain Murray is a lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee. Iain recently acted as a consultant for the ITV drama series Foyle’s War, which featured an episode set around a group working on the ‘bouncing bomb’. He lives in Dundee.