Quo Vadis: Evolution of Modern Navigation by F G Major

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
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