Framed by a Smoking Gun: The Explosive Life of Colonel B D Shaw - Couverture souple

Wilkes, Clare E

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912575477 ISBN 13 : 9781912575473

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Generations of chemistry students were captivated by B D Shaw's maverick and humorous approach to chemistry lecturing. His use of Very pistols and a Crimean War musket to demonstrate the power of explosives betrayed his parallel career in the Territorial Army. It was easy to divert him from the mechanisms of chemical reactions to tales of Prisoner of War camps in World War II, though modesty kept him from bragging about his World War I Military Medal. He found fame on BBC Two's Horizon and continued to demonstrate explosives worldwide to the age of 92. This book draws on a wealth of primary sources including photographs, scripts, recorded interviews, and a treasure-trove of letters written from the POW camps to loved ones in his home towns of Nottingham and Ilkeston. B D Shaw's story is a celebration of his joint passions for chemistry and rifle shooting, and of his devotion to explaining the science of explosives to the world. His zest for life kept him involved to the end - his 100th birthday celebrations went off with a bang, and he came close to causing a posthumous explosion with the discovery of his secret attic laboratory.

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À propos de l'auteur

Clare E Wilkes lives in Cambridge. She has a degree and PhD from the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham and spent six years as a journals editor with the Royal Society of Chemistry. Clare is currently working in the field of chemistry education and assessment and was lucky enough to be a steward at B D Shaw's 100th birthday event, which was where she took an interest in his fascinating career.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912575477
• ISBN 13: 9781912575473
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible