Paul Birch (writer) explained
Paul Birch (25 May 1956 – 4 July 2012)[1] was a British author, engineer and scientist, who worked in radioastronomy and satellite communications, and latterly wrote full-time.
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby and Trinity College, Cambridge and worked for Marconi Defence Systems and Plessey Radar.
He was a former Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
He also notably worked on orbital rings[2] [3] [4] and supramundane planets.[5] [6]
He stood for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in an election taking 11.3% of the vote.[7] He was a Town Councillor in Cowes, Isle of Wight at the time of his death.
In 1982, Birch published a series of papers in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society which described orbital rings and described a form which he called Partial Orbital Ring System (PORS).[3]
References
- Web site: Mr Paul Birch . Iwcp.co.uk . 2012-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020011136/http://iwcp.co.uk/news/obituaries/mr-paul-birch-45238.aspx . 20 October 2012 . dead .
- Birch, Paul, "Orbital Ring Systems and Jacob's Ladders - I", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 35, 1982, pp. 475–497. (pdf) (Accessed 6 April 2016).
- Birch, Paul, "Orbital Ring Systems and Jacob's Ladders - II", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 36, 1982, 115. (pdf).
- Birch, Paul, "Orbital Ring Systems and Jacob's Ladders - III", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 36, 1982, 231. (pdf).
- Birch . Paul . 2006 . Custom Planets - or Move over Slartibartfast . Paper Read to Brit. Interplan. Soc/CEMS Syposium "Bringing Worlds to Life".
- Birch . Paul . 1991 . Supramundane Planets . Journal of the British Interplanetary Society . 44 . 169–182 . 1991JBIS...44..169B . 0007-084X.
- http://www.paulbirch.net/UKIP.html UKIP.html
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