Crowther, J. G. and Whiddington, R., CBE, FRS, — SCIENCE AT WAR.
HMSO, London, 1947, 1st edn., paperback original, [vi], 185pp, 44pp half tone photo ills., many diagrams and line ills. in text, photo montage wrappers, a report from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the British scientific advances that helped in the prosecution of WW2, from radio-location and the cavity magnetron to the development of radar navigation by the RAF, IFF, radar gun-laying for the RN and Home Defence, etc; operational research on a number of aspects including bombing, convoy sizes, mine-laying, etc.; the work to develop the atomic bomb; and at sea, mine counter-measures and the detection and destruction of submarines, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and a little foxed, very good,
