There was nothing straightforward about the life of Professor Derek Jackson. As a principal shareholder in the News of the World, he was extremely rich, but it was as a pioneering atomic physisist in the field of spectroscopy that he made his name. He also distinguished himself in the RAF, working in Britain's air defenses and flying more than a thousand hours as navigator. In peacetime he rode three times in the Grand National. His private life was bohemian, and not very chivalrous - the book's title stems from his six ...
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There was nothing straightforward about the life of Professor Derek Jackson. As a principal shareholder in the News of the World, he was extremely rich, but it was as a pioneering atomic physisist in the field of spectroscopy that he made his name. He also distinguished himself in the RAF, working in Britain's air defenses and flying more than a thousand hours as navigator. In peacetime he rode three times in the Grand National. His private life was bohemian, and not very chivalrous - the book's title stems from his six weddings, plus another relationship that lasted longer than two of his marriages. He held some indigestable views, and did some alienating things, but this book gives a rounded picture of an extraordinarily talented, puzzling man.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 9780859553117. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (one tiny chip in upper corner of front panel) dust jacket.; 192 pages.
