Neil Hopcroft

[Audiobook, listened on the way to meet a spirit doctor] A Fools Wisdom by Steven Young This is a terrible book. DO. NOT. WASTE. YOUR. TIME! Hiding somewhere within these pages (waveforms) there is a germ of a good idea. The author manages to trample that good idea by riding roughshod over it with a […]

[Audiobook] Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John Drury Clark While the author describes this as an informal history and claims to write for a general audience, I found this was stretching my, admittedly somewhat rusty, O-level chemistry knowledge – his idea of the level of education of ordinary people may show […]

[Audiobook] Skunkworks by Ben R Rich I chose this book because I wanted to learn more about the Skunkworks, the secretive Lockheed R&D works based in Burbank. Ben Rich became the leader of the Skunkworks after Kelly Johnsons retirement – this book recounts stories of his time there. The character of the place changed with […]