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The Science of Navigation : From Dead Reckoning to GPS.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421405605
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Science of NavigationDDC classification:
  • 623.8909
LOC classification:
  • VK559 .D44 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Point of Departure -- First Quadrant: Geodesy -- CHAPTER ONE: Earth and Its Orbit -- CHAPTER TWO: Shaping the Earth -- Second Quadrant: Cartography -- CHAPTER THREE: Surveying -- CHAPTER FOUR: Mapmaking -- Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation -- CHAPTER FIVE: Early Explorers, Basic Tools -- CHAPTER SIX: Europe Discovers the World -- Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Age of Sail and Steam -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Electronic Age -- CONCLUSION: Nature's Navigators -- Technical Appendix -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: With it you'll finally understand the why of wayfinding.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Point of Departure -- First Quadrant: Geodesy -- CHAPTER ONE: Earth and Its Orbit -- CHAPTER TWO: Shaping the Earth -- Second Quadrant: Cartography -- CHAPTER THREE: Surveying -- CHAPTER FOUR: Mapmaking -- Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation -- CHAPTER FIVE: Early Explorers, Basic Tools -- CHAPTER SIX: Europe Discovers the World -- Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Age of Sail and Steam -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Electronic Age -- CONCLUSION: Nature's Navigators -- Technical Appendix -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

With it you'll finally understand the why of wayfinding.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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