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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hemming, Henry, 1979-     Subjects     Pyke, Geoffrey.     Inventors -- England -- Biography.     Genius -- Case studies.     Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Biography.     Aircraft carriers -- Design and construction -- History.     Ice strengthened vessels -- Design and construction -- History.     Military research -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.     Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Biography.     Suicide -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hemming, Henry, 1979-       by title:      The ingenious Mr. Py...       by call number:      327.1241 P995h     Search the Web     Hemming, Henry, 1979-     Pyke, Geoffrey.     Inventors -- England -- Biography.     Genius -- Case studies.     Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Biography.     Aircraft carriers -- Design and construction -- History.     Ice strengthened vessels -- Design and construction -- History.     Military research -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.     Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Biography.     Suicide -- Biography.       MARC Display

The ingenious Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy / Henry Hemming. by Hemming, Henry, 1979- Public Affairs, [2015] Call #: 327.1241 P995h Subjects Pyke, Geoffrey.   Inventors -- England -- Biography.   Genius -- Case studies.   Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Biography.   Aircraft carriers -- Design and construction -- History.   Ice strengthened vessels -- Design and construction -- History.   Military research -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.   Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Biography.   Suicide -- Biography. ISBN:  9781610395779 (hc.) 1610395778 (hc.) Alternate title:  Ingenious Mister Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy Mister Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy Edition:  First edition. Description:  500 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes:  First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Preface Publishing. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-479) and index. Contents:  How to become a war correspondent -- How to escape -- How to become invisible -- Pyke hunt, part 1 -- How to raise your child (and pay for it) -- How to resolve an epidemic of anti-semitism, a royal scandal and the threat of fascism -- How to prevent a war -- Pyke hunt, part 2 -- How to defeat Nazism -- Pyke hunt, part 3 -- How to change the military mind -- Pyke hunt, part 4 -- How to succeed in America -- Pyke hunt, part 5 -- How to win the war with ice -- How to survive -- How to live -- Pyke hunt, part 6 -- Epilogue, or, How to think like a genius. Summary:  "The extraordinary story of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, war reporter, escaped prisoner, campaigner, father, educator--and all-around misunderstood genius. In his day, he was described as one of the world's great minds, to rank alongside Einstein, yet he remains virtually unknown today. Pyke was an unlikely hero of both world wars and, among many other things, is seen today as the father of the U.S. Special Forces. He changed the landscape of British pre-school education, earned a fortune on the stock market, wrote a bestseller and in 1942 came up with the bizarre notion that aircraft carriers could be made out of reinforced ice (See the L.D. Cross book "Code name Habbakuk : a secret ship made of ice"). He escaped from a German WWI prison camp, devised an ingenious plan to help the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and launched a private attempt to avert the outbreak of the Second World War by sending into Nazi Germany a group of pollsters disguised as golfers. Despite his brilliance, Pyke ultimately could not find peace, committing suicide in 1948. Yet the full scope of his story remained secret even after his death. Convinced he was a Soviet agent codenamed Professor P, MI5 helped to bring his career to an end. Only now, more than sixty years after his death, can Geoffrey Pyke's story can be told in full" -- Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 327.1241 P995h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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