About the Author

My wife is resolved to the fact that I do not have “normal” hobbies.

 

 

 

Chris was born in England and from his teenage years was fascinated by the natural sciences, engineering and photography, all of which he found more interesting than football. At the weekend he could be found building or designing some gadget or other. At school he used a slide-rule and log books for his exams at 16. Two years later, scientific calculators had completely displaced them. He studied Electronics at Bath University and by the time he had completed his masters degree, the computer age was well under way and 8-bit home computers were common. After a period designing military communication and optical gauging equipment, as well as writing software ...

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