The science of navigation : From dead reckoning to GPS
Year: 2012 Language: english Author: Mark Denny Genre: Documentation Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 434 Description: This book is about our three-thousand-year-long journey from navigational infancy (setting out from a harbor in a sailing craft, navigating by the Pole Star and landmarks) to maturity (setting out from Times Square in a cab, navigating by GPS). It describes not only the astounding feats of seamanship and of determination in adverse circumstances of the early explorers, sailors, and conquerors, but also the technical advances made by them, and by many others behind the scenes, who developed the science of navigation. Additional info: Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Don't forget to push the "Thank U" button if you like the release.
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The science of navigation : From dead reckoning to GPS
Language: english
Author: Mark Denny
Genre: Documentation
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 434
Description: This book is about our three-thousand-year-long journey from navigational infancy (setting out from a harbor in a sailing craft, navigating by the Pole Star and landmarks) to maturity (setting out from Times Square in a cab, navigating by GPS). It describes not only the astounding feats of seamanship and of determination in adverse circumstances of the early explorers, sailors, and conquerors, but also the technical advances made by them, and by many others behind the scenes, who developed the science of navigation.
Additional info: Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
Don't forget to push the "Thank U" button if you like the release.
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