Welcome to Entropy to Work, a podcast about technology engineering and culture. We are on episode number 10!
Today's guest is a mechanical engineer specialist in piston engine design and development. In his spare time, he researches and write about Second World War era engine technology and assist organizations restoring warbird engines. A very humble way that Mr Calum Douglas describes himself in his website. He is the author of the amazing book “The secret horsepower race: western front fighter engine development”.
It is a very education and beautifully illustrated book about the technological race that happened during the second world war. The amount of research and quality in the book is absolutely amazing but also the way Calum's put the book together, telling the histories of the engineers behind those developments on both sides of the war is just amazing.
And, not surprisingly, the man behind book is absolutely fascinating as well. We ended up talking for two hours straight and turned off with the feeling we still barely scratched the surface. That's why I will be breaking this episode in 2 parts - the first one is where we talk about Calum technical and academic background, professional experiences and some thoughts on current engineering challenges.
The second part is where we talk about the book, how he ended up doing it, the research that it involved and some of the main lessons from it.
Calum’s website: https://www.calum-douglas.com/
Calum’s company: https://www.scorpion-dynamics.com/
Where to buy the book: https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/15057DB
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E2W Episode 10 - The Secret Horsepower Race, its lessons and author - Guest: Calum Douglas - Part 01