The Prof In Two Worlds: The Official Life Of Professor F. A. Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Few men straddled the worlds of science and power with such singular distinction as Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell — and The Prof in Two Worlds is the definitive account of his extraordinary life. Written by the Earl of Birkenhead with full official access, this authoritative biography chronicles the remarkable career of a man who was simultaneously one of Britain's most formidable physicists and Winston Churchill's closest scientific adviser, shaping the nation's wartime strategy from the corridors of Whitehall and beyond. From his early mastery of aeronautics — famously teaching himself to fly in order to test his own theories on aircraft spin — to his ascent as the eminence grise of British scientific policy, Lindemann's life reads as a drama of intellect meeting influence at the highest levels. The Earl of Birkenhead brings a patrician insider's perspective to this portrait, illuminating the paradoxes of a man who was at once a committed ascetic and an intimate of the aristocratic elite, a German-born scientist who became the very embodiment of the British establishment. The biography presents a vivid tableau of mid-twentieth-century intellectual and political life, drawing on private correspondence and exclusive access to paint a portrait that is both intimate and panoramic. Readers left wondering how one man's convictions — and occasional controversies — so decisively shaped the arc of modern Britain will find no easy answers here, only the compelling evidence of a life fully, brilliantly lived.
Author: The Earl Of Birkenhead
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, Collins, St. James's Place, London
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Few men straddled the worlds of science and power with such singular distinction as Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell — and The Prof in Two Worlds is the definitive account of his extraordinary life. Written by the Earl of Birkenhead with full official access, this authoritative biography chronicles the remarkable career of a man who was simultaneously one of Britain's most formidable physicists and Winston Churchill's closest scientific adviser, shaping the nation's wartime strategy from the corridors of Whitehall and beyond. From his early mastery of aeronautics — famously teaching himself to fly in order to test his own theories on aircraft spin — to his ascent as the eminence grise of British scientific policy, Lindemann's life reads as a drama of intellect meeting influence at the highest levels. The Earl of Birkenhead brings a patrician insider's perspective to this portrait, illuminating the paradoxes of a man who was at once a committed ascetic and an intimate of the aristocratic elite, a German-born scientist who became the very embodiment of the British establishment. The biography presents a vivid tableau of mid-twentieth-century intellectual and political life, drawing on private correspondence and exclusive access to paint a portrait that is both intimate and panoramic. Readers left wondering how one man's convictions — and occasional controversies — so decisively shaped the arc of modern Britain will find no easy answers here, only the compelling evidence of a life fully, brilliantly lived.