First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth

Informationen zum Autor Trained as an engineer at Rolls Royce Aero Engines and Bath University, lifelong petrolhead Norman Burr has been a technical journalist practically all his working life. Initially with professional and industrial magazines, then as a freelance, and subsequently through Pagefast Ltd, a small printing and publishing company that he helped found, he later returned to freelance journalism in 2006. It was Keith Duckworth's enthusiasm for aviation, rather than his better-known motor sport contribution, that provides the connection, but as an accomplished author in both areas, Norman Burr is ideally positioned to chronicle the life of this legendary engineer. Klappentext This book chronicles the life of Keith Duckworth OBE, the remarkable engineer famous for being co-founder of Cosworth Engineering and creating the most successful F1 engine of all time, the DFV.  Zusammenfassung This book chronicles the life of Keith Duckworth OBE, the remarkable engineer, co-founder of Cosworth Engineering and creator of the most successful F1 engine of all time, the DFV. This is a rounded look at the life and work of the man – work which included significant contributions to aviation, motorcycling, and powerboating.

Product details

• Authors: Norman Burr, Burr Norman
• Publisher: Veloce publishing plc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2017
• EAN: 9781787111035
• ISBN: 978-1-78711-103-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped; Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); 20th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Automotive technology and trades, Mechanical Engineering, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Automotive technology & trades, Biography: science, technology and medicine