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Dr Vrba

From a hod To An odd EM wave    A memoir of  Engineering Persistence and Human Discovery A remarkable Journey from the UK via Germany, USA, Taiwan, and  Canada.  Reminiscences on the human dimension of an engineering career.   Charts an unconventional engineering career   spanning multiple continents and decades,offering insights rarely found in traditional engineering literature.Continue reading “Dr Vrba”

Vatzlav Nijinsky, famous ballet dancer

To An odd EM wave    A memoir of  Engineering Persistence and Human Discovery Reminiscences on the human dimension of an engineering career. Charts an unconventional engineering career spanning multiple continents and decades, offering insights rarely found in traditional engineering literature. It starts at the age of 15 on a building site in England andContinue reading “Vatzlav Nijinsky, famous ballet dancer”

Dr. Vrba and Auscwitz

I worked alongside Dr Rudolf Vrba at the medical Research Council, Carshalton, England, he was one of only four to escape from Auschwitz. He tells of being captured by the Nazis and standing packed in a railway coach with others for hours without water and the agony they went through on hearing the train taking onContinue reading “Dr. Vrba and Auscwitz”