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The Science of Navigation : From Dead Reckoning to GPS /
Overview: In today's world of online maps and travel directions delivered wirelessly to hand-held devices, getting from place to place requires little thought from most of us-which is a good thing, since accurate navigation can be tricky. Get your bearings with Mark Denny-an expert at explainin...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
John Hopkins University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Point of departure
- First Quadrant: Geodesy:
- 1: Earth and its orbit
- 2: Shaping the Earth
- Second Quadrant: Cartography:
- 3: Surveying
- 4: Mapmaking
- Third Quadrant: Early Exploration And Navigation:
- 5: Early explorers, basic tools
- 6: Europe discovers the world
- Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in modern times:
- 7: Age of sail and steam
- 8: Electronic age
- Conclusion: Nature's navigators
- Technical appendix
- Annotated bibliography
- Index.