Quo Vadis: Evolution of Modern Navigation
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4614-8671-8 (ISBN)
Intended for non-specialists with some knowledge of physics or engineering at the college level, this book covers in an intuitive manner a broad range of topics relevant to the evolution of surface and space navigation, with minimum mathematical formalism.
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).
1. Navigation in Nature.- 2. The Early Navigators.- 3. Historical Background to Astronomy.- 4. Modern Astronomy.- 5. Navigation at Sea.- 6. The Longitude Problem.- 7. The Quartz Revolution.- 8. Classical Atomic Frequency Standards.- 9. Atomic and Molecular Oscillators.- 10. Field Confinement of Ions.- 11. Optical Frequency Oscillators: Lasers.- 12. The Gyrocompass.- 13. Radio Navigation.- 14. Satellite Navigation: GPS Space Segment.- 15. Satellite Navigation: GPS Control Segment.- 16. Satellite Navigation: GPS User Segment.- 17. Space Navigation.- 18. The Future of Navigation.
Zusatzinfo | 2 Illustrations, color; 167 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 426 p. 169 illus., 2 illus. in color. |
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Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
Schlagworte | Ancient mariners • Atomic clocks • Fouad Major • Geodesy book • Geodetics book • GPS book • GPS Satellite Orbital parameters • Land-based navigational networks • Navigation Satellite constellations • Star navigation • Time-based navigation |
ISBN-10 | 1-4614-8671-8 / 1461486718 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4614-8671-8 / 9781461486718 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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