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Not Much of an Engineer Paperback – January 4, 1985

by Stanley Hooker (Author)

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Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend 63.6 million pounds and buy its rival. By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine for which Hooker had not been responsible.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: The Crowood Press UK; New edition edition (January 4, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1853102857
ISBN-13: 978-1853102851
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 39 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #350 in Books > Science & Math > Technology > History of Technology
- #422 in Books > History > Military > Aviation
- #1263 in Books > History > Europe > Great Britain

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If you know ANYTHING about the British Hawker/BAe Systems Harrier Jump Jet, or Rolls-Royce, you know who Sir Stanley Hooker was.

March 29, 2016

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If you know anything about the British Hawker/BAe Systems Harrier Jump Jet, you know who Sir Stanley Hooker was. He was the gentleman who, upon reflection of just how to create an engine (the Pegasus) that would allow the Harrier to land & take off vertically, was quoted as saying "I suddenly had a blinding flash of the obvious...!!" He wasn't merely a "good" (reciprocating or jet) engineer - he was truly gifted, in my opinion. He could look at something in his mind, conceptualize it, visualize it, and have most of the item or the engineering behind it already designed in his mind - he was that brilliant of a mechanical engineer! This book, Hooker's autobiography, is a pathway to how the man thought, and an insight into his humbleness as a person. If you have ANY interest at all in "things Rolls Royce" or "things Harrier", you've GOT to have a copy of this book in your library! My only "irritation", if you will, is that this book no longer available in hardcover format, as the original 1984 edition was. For that, you're going to pay around $100 (+/-) for an original 1st ed. in new or like-new condition. But even at that, in my humble opinion, it would be WELL worth the price!

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BillH

Delightful autobiography of a brilliant mathematician/engineer

June 28, 2015

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A fascinating account of an applied mathematician interested in fluid flow learning to be an accomplished engineer on the job. He arrived at Rolls Royce knowing almost nothing about aircraft engines and finished his career there by saving the company.
For technical and non-technical readers alike.

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BRETT O'MALEY

Not Much Engineer Stanley Hooker

January 29, 2012

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I am an engineer by training and have had a keen interest in industrial history since my early teens.

It is very rare to find an engineer with Stanley Hookers ability to put a story across and keep you on the edge of your chair for the whole ride, perhaps Neville Shute Norway comes to mind but sir Stanley has lived the crest of a mighty wave and can take you with him.

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L. Brennan

The definitive book on the people and times of British jet engine development.

November 24, 2013

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Fascinating, reasonably detailed, lots of insights into people as well as the technology. Hooker shines through as a modest yet amusingly cheerful genius who played a major role in almost every jet engine to come out of Britain! He wrote this at the end of his life - if only it had been twice as thick! I was definitely left wishing for much, much more of this rich vein.

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Dr Hooker was my old boss and a wonderful bloke. All that he said in is book ...

December 10, 2017

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Dr Hooker was my old boss and a wonderful bloke. All that he said in is book was absolutely correct and perhaps an understatement of what really happened to Rolls Royce. I have given this book to a young University student in the family who is studying Maths, Dr Hooker's pet subject

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Gordon L Bailey

If you are at all interested in the merlin engine ...

April 2, 2015

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If you are interested in the merlin engine development during the WW 2nd and on into the jet age with the development of the jet engines in which Rolls-Royce was instrumental you would find this book fascinating.
He is quite witty as well.

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Michael Pumpkininadinnerhead

Great read!

July 26, 2016

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A great insight into a world long gone. Tea ladies, Spitfires, Oxford digs, Rolls Royce and the early days of the jet engine at the end of the Second World War. Very easy to read and a fascinating story, I loved it

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Rogaro

Magnificent historical book

June 22, 2012

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This is an excellent book, giving many 'secrets' of the development of the Jet Engine envisaged by Frank Whittle and ultimately developed by Rolls Royce & Bristol Aero Engines. Wonderful reading and very interesting.

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