Richard Rhodes, Dark Sun The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, Simon & Schuster, 1995, 731 p

The sequel to his Pulitzer Pnze-winnmg history The Making of the Atom Bomb (1986)

Nevil Shute, Slide Rule The Autobiography of an Engineer, Morrow, 1954, 254 p

Shute's autobiography chronicles his experiences as an engineer and a writer

Julian Smith, Nevtl Shute, Twayne, 1976, 166 p

Smith provides the only critical biography of Nevil Shute Although this book is no longer in pnnt, it is available in its entirety on the web at http //www cha-neover.com/shutebw/.

H. A Taylor, Airspeed Aircraft since 1931, Putnam, 1970, 206 p.

Recounts the history of Shute's aircraft company.