Cannot recommend this book too highly. Also worth reading is anything about PMS Blackett and the birth of Operations Research, Barnes Wallis (the JP Morpugo biog is good), and Solly Zuckerman ("from apes to warlords") on the bombing accuracy issues, statistics and the 'transport plan'
its not on kindle, but Robert Buderi's book on Radar is also worth reading. from the roots up to chips and microwave physics, amazing stuff
Thanks for this comment. I recently discovered that the inventor of PCM, Alec Reeves, was also involved in the development Oboe system for guidance of bombers.
I get the sense that he was much less of a mover and shaker than either Blackett or Zuckerman. By the same token, I wonder if they have been idolized a bit (even though I had never heard of them, and their names are clearly not heard very often these days.)
its not on kindle, but Robert Buderi's book on Radar is also worth reading. from the roots up to chips and microwave physics, amazing stuff