This is the story of a genius throttled by British government bureaucracy. On 12 April 1937, Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine, yet his company was nationalised and he was banned from engine production.
- ISBN10 185310860X
- ISBN13 9781853108600
- Publish Date 13 August 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 June 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 332
- Language English