CHIIPS with Cyril Hilsum, the pioneer of display & compound materials

Cyril Hilsum, the pioneer of display & compound materials, talks about his childhood and start to his career just after WWII, and how he rose up the ranks. He mentions some long forgotten great names of UK technology (e.g. Mallard) and also talks about what he is doing now at 100+ still exploring compound materials and IP. He covers the Harold Wilson government’s white heat of technology boom, and meeting John Stonehouse MP and Robert Maxwell...