Bøger af Nigel Richardson

Nigel Richardson describes the evolution, design and development of the A350 through to its entry into commercial service with several major airlines and how it may further evolve in the future with high-quality illustrations and technical information.

The primary purpose of Air Traffic Control worldwide is to prevent collisions, organise and expedite the flow of air traffic, and provide information and other support for pilots. While we as passengers may not see them, ATC staff are an integral part of our travel experience and safety. This book provides a unique look at the inner workings of ATC in the UK, and sheds light on those who often operate unseen.

After the Public Heath Acts of 1872 and 1875, British local authorities bore statutory obligations to carry out sanitary improvements. Richardson explores public health strategy and central-local government relations during the mid-nineteenth-century, using the experience of Uppingham, England, as a micro-historical case study.

Edward Thring on EducationEdward Thring (1821-1887), who founded the Headmasters'' Conference of prominent schools in Britain in 1869, was the best-known headmaster of his generation.Formed by a nature-loving childhood in rural Somerset, survival in the notorious Long Chamber at Eton, a fellowship at King''s College Cambridge and a harrowing curacy in the slums of Gloucester, he developed the conviction that education was God''s work. This in turn led him to a passionate belief in the potential of every child.From 1853, over 34 years, Thring transformed a small grammar school in Uppingham into a widely-celebrated boarding school with an international clientele. He battled against intransigent governors, growing debts and the encroachment of government control over every type of school. After facing potential disaster from a series of typhoid outbreaks, he relocated his staff and pupils to Borth in Wales, returning only after securing radical improvements in Uppingham''s drainage and water supply. Although dismissively labelled "the enthusiast Mr Thring" by the Cambridge philosopher Henry Sidgwick and King of Boys by other critics, his social conscience led to the founding of a mission in London''s East End, the first venture of its type.Through two books, Education and School (1864) and The Theory and Practice of Teaching (1883), Thring provided a blueprint for high-quality boarding schools, a broad curriculum and child-centred teaching methods. This is the first modern biography of this multi-faceted and emotionally complex man.