1.0Imperial College Video Archive Bloghttps://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/videoarchiveColin Grimshawhttps://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/videoarchive/author/cgr/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tro5OwFPf1"><a href="https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/videoarchive/prof-eric-laithwaite-book-interview-1980/">Prof Eric Laithwaite-Book Interview: 1980</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/videoarchive/prof-eric-laithwaite-book-interview-1980/embed/#?secret=tro5OwFPf1" width="600" height="338" title="“Prof Eric Laithwaite-Book Interview: 1980” — Imperial College Video Archive Blog" data-secret="tro5OwFPf1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/videoarchive/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> From 43 years ago here's another rediscovery from the videotape archive. Professor Eric Laithwaite talks about the release of his 1980 book The Engineer through the looking glass. This is one of only two interviews that we have with him.https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/videoarchive/files/2022/12/vlcsnap-2022-12-11-08h48m34s714-300x225.jpg