Quo Vadis: Evolution of Modern Navigation
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Quo Vadis: Evolution of Modern Navigation by F G Major
This study of the development of modern navigational techniques includes an account of the principles underlying today's satellite navigation systems. The author's historical perspective informs a deeper understanding of forthcoming developments in the field.From the reviews:
“The book documents well the tremendous advances in navigation from the time of the Phoenicians and provides a good review of how navigation has evolved in nature … and in human explorationMajor explains the workings of the instrumentation that scientists and engineers invented for this purpose. … The book contains good references and illustrations … . Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and undergraduate students.” (N. Sadanand, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014)
Dr Fouad Major was a student of Hans Georg Dehmelt, Nobel Prize winner (with Ramsey) in 1989, and was the first physicist to proves experimentally the capability of an atomic clock with ions stocked in a radio-electric quadripolar trap. He is an expert on atomic clocks and author of The Quantum Beat (Springer, 2007).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781493941964 |
| ISBN 10 | 1493941968 |
| Title | Quo Vadis: Evolution of Modern Navigation |
| Author | F G Major |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Year published | 2016-08-23 |
| Number of pages | 426 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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