The Corner

Engineers of The Human Soul

Andrew: The intersection set Writers x Engineers is not large. The only

one that comes to mind is the fine & prolific British novelist Nevil Shute

(ON THE BEACH, A TOWN CALLED ALICE, etc. etc.) He titled his autobiography

SLIDE RULE.

(Younger readers who don’t know what a slide rule is, see here)

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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