Mathematics with love : the courtship correspondence of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb
Wallis, Barnes, 1887-19792005
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When engineering genius Barnes Wallis, later to design the Wellington bomber & invent the 'bouncing bomb', fell for a young science student, her father consented to their corresponding on condition Wallis taught her mathematics in his letters. Mary Stopes-Roe narrates the story of her parents' romance.
Main title:
Mathematics with love : the courtship correspondence of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb / [edited by] Mary Stopes-Roe.
Imprint:
Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2005.
Collation:
xii, 363 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781403944986 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.130092B/WAL
Local class:
B/WAL
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
529205
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