Book Review of ‘Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed’ by Ben Rich (with Leo Junos) and ‘The Story of Webster’s Third: Philip Gove’s Controversial Dictionary and its Critics’ by Herbert Morton

Victorian Bar News, Vol. 92, pp. 83-85, Autumn 1995

4 Pages Posted: 31 Jan 2010

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Malcolm McKenzie Park

University of Melbourne - Department of Geomatics; RandA Research Laboratory

Date Written: Autumn 1995

Abstract

Review of "Skunk Works: a personal memoir of my years at Lockheed" by Ben Rich (with Leo Junos) and "The story of Webster’s Third: Philip Gove’s controversial dictionary and its critics" by Herbert Morton. These books describe two creative men and their work products – innovative top secret US military aircraft and the current edition of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary.

Keywords: Lockheed, Merriam-Webster, Webster’s Dictionary, product development, research and development, aerospace, aircraft design, controversy, criticism, dictionaries, prescriptive, descriptive, word usage, style, grammar, meaning

Suggested Citation

Park, Malcolm McKenzie, Book Review of ‘Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed’ by Ben Rich (with Leo Junos) and ‘The Story of Webster’s Third: Philip Gove’s Controversial Dictionary and its Critics’ by Herbert Morton (Autumn 1995). Victorian Bar News, Vol. 92, pp. 83-85, Autumn 1995, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1544082

Malcolm McKenzie Park (Contact Author)

University of Melbourne - Department of Geomatics ( email )

Victoria, Victoria 3010
Australia

RandA Research Laboratory ( email )

Melbourne, Victoria 3010
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://mmpRandALab@gmail.com

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