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Time and navigation : the untold story of getting from here to there

Johnston, Andrew K. (Andrew Kenneth), 1969- author, Connor, Roger, author, Stephens, Carlene E., 1949- author, Ceruzzi, Paul E., author

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\"Covers five major periods of navigation history. The first period, when explorers were navigating at sea, spans from Vikings and Polynesians who found their way without clocks, to the eighteenth-century development of the marine chronometer. Explorers then turned their sights to the skies; the need to navigate in the air led to the development of bubble sextants like the type used by Charles Lindbergh, as well as the radar technology used during World War II. The mid-century space race required new technology for navigating in space, including the atomic clock. The final two periods of navigation history cover the invention of satellite navigation and its ubiquity in day-to-day modern life on GPS devices, smartphones, and other personal electronics\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Subject: Navigation. / Navigation (Aeronautics) / Time Systems and standards. / Nautical astronomy. / Mobile geographic information systems.
• ISBN: 9781588344915, 1588344916, 9781588346605

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
VK555.J64 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE