Not software/hardware technology, but "The Silent Deep - The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945" has some remarkable accounts of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover who was quite a character - extremely effective but also quite remarkably rude and intimidating. Note: What a US Navy Admiral is doing in a book about the Royal Navy is one of the things that makes the book fascinating. Here is an account of Jimmy Carter's interview with Rickover when he was a young naval officer: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/07/09/Carter-extolls-old-N... (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/07/09/Carter-extolls-old-Navy-boss-Rickover/3885521265600/)
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