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*TIME AND NAVIGATION: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE
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Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
Original Language
English
Inscribed
No
Subject
TIME
Vintage
No
ISBN
9781588344915
Book Title
Time and Navigation : the Untold Story of Getting from Here to there
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Item Length
11.2 in
Publication Year
2015
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Carlene E. Stephens, Andrew K. Johnston, Roger D. Connor, Paul E. Ceruzzi
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Transportation, Science, History
Topic
Historical Geography, Navigation, Aviation / History, Time, Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Item Weight
42.5 Oz
Item Width
9.1 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time and place is explored in Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There , the companion book to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same name. Today we use smartphones and GPS, but navigating has not always been so easy. The oldest "clock" is Earth itself, and the oldest means of keeping time came from observing changes in the sky. Early mariners like the Vikings accomplished amazing feats of navigation without using clocks at all. Pioneering seafarers in the Age of Exploration used dead reckoning and celestial navigation; later innovations such as sextants and marine chronometers honed these techniques by measuring latitude and longitude. When explorers turned their sights to the skies, they built on what had been learned at sea. For example, Charles Lindbergh used a bubble sextant on his record-breaking flights. World War II led to the development of new flight technologies, notably radio navigation, since celestial navigation was not suited for all-weather military operations. These forms of navigation were extended and enhanced when explorers began guiding spacecraft into space and across the solar system. Astronauts combined celestial navigation technology with radio transmissions. The development of the atomic clock revolutionized space flight because it could measure billionths of a second, thereby allowing mission teams to navigate more accurately. Scientists and engineers applied these technologies to navigation on earth to develop space-based time and navigation services such as GPS that is used every day by people from all walks of life. While the history of navigation is one of constant change and innovation, it is also one of remarkable continuity. Time and Navigation tells the story of navigation to help us understand where we have been and how we got there so that we can understand where we are going.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-10
1588344916
ISBN-13
9781588344915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
203464086

Product Key Features

Book Title
Time and Navigation : the Untold Story of Getting from Here to there
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Historical Geography, Navigation, Aviation / History, Time, Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Transportation, Science, History
Author
Carlene E. Stephens, Andrew K. Johnston, Roger D. Connor, Paul E. Ceruzzi
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
42.5 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
9.1 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
LIBRARY JOURNAL This companion to an exhibit of the same name at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is a slim but impressive volume. Johnston, a geographer at the museum, and curators Roger D. Connor (instruments and avionics), Carlene E. Stephens (timekeeping), and Paul E. Ceruzzi (aerospace electronics and computing) explain that there is a definite but often overlooked link between time and place. Understanding how the two are related has been integral to the evolution of navigation. In material that is articulate and flawlessly logical, the authors show, step by step, how developments in marine navigation gave way to air and then space navigation. In turn, developments in space navigation took the practice from a highly specialized, erudite science to an everyday tool. Presented chronologically, the narrative unfolds as the authors explain how the political, economic, scientific, and military ambitions of a variety of countries and peoples built on one another--the 1848 California gold rush had an influence on shipbuilding and the implementation of new sea charts, for example. A feature called "Navigation Gone Wrong" appears occasionally and highlights failed expeditions throughout history, such as Amelia Earhart's final flight and the destruction of the spacecraft  Mariner I . Another occasional feature called "Meet the..." introduces readers to influential figures such as the teacher Philip Van Horn Weems and the clockmaker William Cranch Bond. Discipline-specific terms such as  chronometer  and  astrolabe  are defined in-text. The 232 full-color and black-and-white illustrations consist of scores of photos, maps, and drawings. VERDICT Making a complex topic accessible to lay people, this title is a must-have for libraries serving general adult populations.--Jennifer Prince, Buncombe Cty. P.L. Syst., NC
Lccn
2014-027164
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
629.04/509
Lc Classification Number
Vk555.J64 2015
Copyright Date
2015

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