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Karl Ludvigsen

Colin Chapman: Inside the Innovator

Colin Chapman: Inside the Innovator

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Karl Ludvigsen's book explores the legacy of Lotus founder Colin Chapman, examining his contributions to automobile innovation and the controversy surrounding his use of uncredited ideas. Interviews with key figures in the Chapman story and extensive archives provide a unique and compelling encounter between the engineer-innovator and the historian-investigator. Originally published in 2010, the book has become a standard text on Chapman and the evolution and design of racing cars, and is being reissued to meet continuing popular demand.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2021
Publisher: Evro Publishing

Renowned as one of the greatest creative forces in the world of the automobile,Lotus' Colin Chapman (1928-82) left a mixed legacy. Was he an unparalleled innovator or an uninhibited exploiter of the uncredited ideas of others? In this landmark book, celebrated author Karl Ludvigsen gets to grips with the legend, digging deep beneath the skin of Chapman and his cars to explore and expose the motivations that drove this mercurial and controversial genius. Interviews with key figures in the Chapman story mesh with information from the author's extensive archives to make this book a unique and compelling encounter between the engineer-innovator and the historian-investigator. Originally published in 2010, the book has become a standard text, not only on the man but also on the evolution and design of racing cars. Thus, it is being reissued to meet continuing popular demand.

Renowned as one of the greatest creative forces in the world of the automobile,Lotus' Colin Chapman (1928-82) left a mixed legacy. Was he an unparalleled innovator or an uninhibited exploiter of the uncredited ideas of others? In this landmark book, celebrated author Karl Ludvigsen gets to grips with the legend, digging deep beneath the skin of Chapman and his cars to explore and expose the motivations that drove this mercurial and controversial genius. Interviews with key figures in the Chapman story mesh with information from the author's extensive archives to make this book a unique and compelling encounter between the engineer-innovator and the historian-investigator. Originally published in 2010, the book has become a standard text, not only on the man but also on the evolution and design of racing cars. Thus, it is being reissued to meet continuing popular demand.

Weight: 1774g
Dimension: 220 x 280 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781910505649

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