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Interview with Sir Robert Watson-Watt
Father of Radar - Part Interview
(1:09)
3 Part series :
UKTV History Channel
Invention of Radar - Part 1 of 3
(10:17)
UKTV History Channel
Invention of Radar - Part 2 of 3
(9:09)
UKTV History Channel
Invention of Radar - Part 3 of 3
(4:19)
5 Part series : Battle of Britain Radar
Battle of Britain
Radar - Part 1 of 5
(10:17)
Battle of Britain
Radar - Part 2 of 5
(9:09)
Battle of Britain
Radar - Part 3 of 5
(4:19)
Battle of Britain
Radar - Part 4 of 5
(10:17)
Battle of Britain
Radar - Part 5 of 5
(9:09)
Book links
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Radar War by Gerhard Hepcke
Free download (PDF 134kb)
History of Radio Flight Navigation Systems - Free Download (PDF 134kb)
Watson-Watt describes the development of radar from a personal point of view in his Three Steps to Victory (1957)
(Available from the St. Andrews University Library)
The Pulse of Radar: The Autobiography of Sir Robert Watson-Watt (1959) A biography is John Rowland (Available at
amazon.com)
Man's means to his end by Sir Robert Watson-Watt. (Available from the St. Andrews University Library)
The Radar Man: The Story of Sir Robert Watson-Watt (1963) (Available at amazon.com)
Through the weather house : An expanded revision of the author's seven radio talks given in the National
programme, 1934 (Available from the St. Andrews University Library)
Briefer accounts appear in Egon Larsen, Men Who Changed the World: Stories of Invention and Discovery (1952)
(Available at amazon.co.uk)
Patrick Pringle, Great Discoveries in Modern Science (1955) (Available at amazon.co.uk)
Boffin - A personal story of the early days of Radar, Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics - by R. Hanbury Brown
(Available at amazon.co.uk)
Radar Days - A personal story of the development of airborne radar. E.G.Bowen (Available at amazon.co.uk)
Tuxedo Park - A Wall Street Tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of World War 2. Jennet
Conant (Available at amazon.co.uk)
Most Secret War - by R.V. Jones (Available at amazon.co.uk)
Tizard - Biography R.W.Clark (Available at amazon.co.uk) (WikipediA article)
National Archive information - Sir Robert Watson Watt
Newspaper links
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Watson Watt tribute taking shape : 19 Jun 2009
Watson-Watt Society finalise model of memorial
A SMALL bronze model of the intended memorial for Robert Watson-Watt under
commission by Scottish Artist
Press & Journal : 26 Mar 2009
Brechin to pay homage to wartime son
Sir Robert Watson-Watt’s chain home radar system played crucial WWII role
Independent : 2 Nov 2006
Campaign to put unsung hero of Second World War back on radar
He was the man who helped win the Battle of Britain and whose invention went
on to lay the foundations for a host of modern life-saving technologies
Civil Aviation - Flight : 26 Feb 1946
Informal Radar Conference
Applying wartime navigational aids to civil aviation - European delegates at
London discussions
BBC news online - Tribute plan for radar inventor : read more ...
Time Magazine - Radar Man : read more ...
How Stuff Works - Radar : read more ...
The Radar Pages : read more ...
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