 | - Book Title: The Prof In Two Worlds: The Official Life Of Professor F A Lindemann Vicount Cherwell
- Author: The Earl Of Birkenhead, Illustrated
- ISBN: B000OISTC4
- Publisher: Collins
- Year Published: 1961
- Our Price: £24.20 GBP ($43.08 USD)
- Description: Collins 1961: blue cloth hardcover in dust jacket: 382 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations. Synopsis: a comprehensive biography of Winston Churchill's friend, scientific adviser, and cabinet colleague, written by Lord Birkenhead (Winston Churchill's godson) with the use of private papers, and contributions from relations and friends. Lord Cherwell , generally known as The Prof, born in 1886, made his scientific reputation while working in laboratories in Berlin before the First World War in the company of Einstein and Planck. During the war he joined the research establishment of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough where he demonstrated ingenuity and personal courage, involving a formula for getting aircraft out of a spin, and learning to fly in order to prove that his technique would work. In 1919 he was elected Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Oxford, a position he held almost until the end of his life. During this period he became acquainted with Sir Winston Churchill, sharing his alarm at the state of England's defences and the intentions of Germany. He became an adviser and intimate friend, forming an association which lasted throughout the war. His interest spread from scientific matters to economics, and his influence in both these fields have been fully revealed in this biography . Condition: dust cover somewhat tired , and with a small repair ; occasional foxing throughout; slight separation between frontispiece and title page. Overall firm, good, and collectable.
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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