Royle T. The Flying Mathematicians of World War I

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. — 289 p. — 978-0-2280-0510-0.Keith Lucas was killed instantly when his BE2 biplane collided with that of a colleague over Salisbury Plain on 5 October 1916. As a captain in the Royal Flying Corps, Lucas would have known that his death was a very real risk of the work he was doing in support of Britain's war effort. But Lucas wasn't a career pilot - he was a scientist.A Flying Monk
Overture to War
Read All About It!
Talisman
A Physiologist and a Physicist
Industrialization and the Admiralty
Two Observers, Three HillsAppendix: Engineering and Aerodynamic Issues
Cast of Characters
Glossary and Aircraft Schematic