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Slide Rule

By Nevil Shute

By Nevil Shute

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Oct 12, 2010 | ISBN 9780307474186

Slide Rule by Nevil Shute
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Oct 12, 2010 | ISBN 9780307474186

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About Slide Rule

Nevil Shute was a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute’s path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s and 30s. The inspiration for many of the themes and concerns of Shutes novels can be found in this enjoyable and enlightening memoir.

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About Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute Norway was born in 1899 in Ealing, London. He studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes. In… More about Nevil Shute

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction

Ebook | $9.99
Published by Vintage
Oct 12, 2010 | 300 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307474186

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Praise

“The best, most thrilling and most interesting story ever written about an engineer.” —The Detroit News
 
“A novelist of intelligent and engaging quality, deservedly popular…. Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling.” —The Times (London)

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