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British TV programme
Micro Men is a 2009 one-off BBC drama television programme set in the late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market and the early fortunes of Sinclair and Acorn Computers. It focuses on the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair, who developed the ZX Spectrum, and Chris Curry, the man behind the BBC Micro. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Micro MenA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: On the degradation of (micro)plastics: Degradation methods, influencing factors, environmental impactsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Awesome Sega Genesis Secrets 4The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Protocol for micro-purification, enrichment, pre-fractionation and storage of peptides for proteomics using StageTipsCited 4,767 times
- Go sideways: Sophie WilsonA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Centre for Computing HistoryA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Protocol for micro-purification, enrichment, pre-fractionation and storage of peptides for proteomics using StageTips
Guidelines for assessment of bone microstructure in rodents using micro–computed tomography
Chemical analysis of graphene oxide films after heat and chemical treatments by X-ray photoelectron and Micro-Raman spectroscopy
Influence of tumour micro-environment heterogeneity on therapeutic response
🆕 Influential since 2022
On the degradation of (micro)plastics: Degradation methods, influencing factors, environmental impacts
Photo-oxidation of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Effects in Environments
MOF Derived Co−Fe nitrogen doped graphite carbon@crosslinked magnetic chitosan Micro−nanoreactor for environmental applications: Synergy enhancement effect of adsorption−PMS activation
Enhanced Interfacial Solar Evaporation through Formation of Micro‐Meniscuses and Microdroplets to Reduce Evaporation Enthalpy
Region Capture Micro-C reveals coalescence of enhancers and promoters into nested microcompartments
📚 Books worth reading
Awesome Sega Genesis Secrets 4Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold · 1994
Official Sega GenesisChris Rice · 1994
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🔗 Related topics
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- Clive Sinclair Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing…
- Christopher Curry (businessman) Christopher Curry (born 28 January 1946) is a British businessman and the co-founder of Acorn Computers, with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper. He became…
- Jim Westwood Jim Westwood is the former chief engineer who worked at Sinclair Research Ltd in the 1980s, starting at the company in 1963. Westwood was the technical…
- Acorn Computers Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company founded in Cambridge in 1978 by Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry. Its best-known products include the…
- ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum (UK: /zɛd ɛks/) is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. The Spectrum played a pivotal role in the history…
- Sinclair Research Sinclair Research Ltd was a British consumer electronics company founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge in the 1970s. In 1980, the company entered the…