Placeholder text

Go to cart

Inventions and Official Secrecy

By O'Dell, Tom H.

Inventions and Official Secrecy

By O'Dell, Tom H.

0 - Default Title
Description
Secrets will always be a factor in the political life of any society, and it could be argued that none enjoy secrets, particularly Official Secrets, quite so much as the English. Inventions and Official Secrecy traces the little known history of UK legislation which permits the British Government to make Official Secrets of certain technical ideas submitted as patent applications, and thereby prohibit their publication. The story begins in the mid-nineteenth century, and introduces a number of interesting inventors, politicians, and civil servants. Including the latest information to be disclosed under the thirty-year rule, it takes the narrative up to the early 1960s.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
164
Release Date:
1995-02-16
Publication Date:
1994-12-15
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198259425
ISBN13:
9780198259428
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
346 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out