{"product_id":"frank-whittle-and-the-invention-of-the-jet-9781785782411","title":"Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Nahum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the jet engine has everything: genius, tragedy, heroism, a world war, the individual vs. the state, and an idea that would change the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrank Whittle always maintained that he was held back by a lack of government support. At the very moment in 1943 when his invention was unveiled to the world, his company, Power Jets, was forcibly nationalised. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Whittle's brilliance, charm and charisma helped him recruit major support from the British government and the RAF, who gave him the green light to build a jet engine at a time when to do so made little sense. Here is a story of what pushing technology to its limits can achieve - and the effect that such achievement can have on those involved.","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083816427671,"sku":"9781785782411","price":455.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781785782411.webp?v=1767636147","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/frank-whittle-and-the-invention-of-the-jet-9781785782411","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}