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| Author | : Mauricio Obregón |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Retraces in sailboat or small plane the routes taken by the Argonauts, Ulysses, Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan, Elcano, and the Portuguese and Spanish explorers of the Americas.
| Author | : Peter Ifland |
| Publisher | : Krieger Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : |
This text focuses on the history of the development of hand-held celestial navigation instruments, offering descriptions of the tools used. It also includes a glossary of technical terms.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 31 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Argonauts (Greek mythology) |
| ISBN | : |
A graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts as a space adventure.
| Author | : Russell R. Tobias |
| Publisher | : Magill Bibliographies |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 1995-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780810828131 |
Thoroughly annotated entries are arranged by subject and indexed by author. Most titles are generally available in public or college libraries; the many NASA publications may be obtained from government depository libraries. Intended as a research guide for high school and college students. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
| Author | : Michel Vanvaerenbergh |
| Publisher | : Unlimited Publishing LLC |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Nautical astronomy |
| ISBN | : 9781588320681 |
Includes reprint of Thomas A. Sumner's A new and accurate method of finding a ship's position at sea, by projection on Mercator's chart (Boston: T. Groom, 1843) as well as translations of Marcq Saint-Hilaires's Note sur la determination du point (originally published in Revue maritime et coloniale, Oct. 1873) and Calcul du point observe (originally published in Revue maritime et coloniale, Mar.-Aug. 1875).
| Author | : Jason Colavito |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2014-04-04 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1476615667 |
The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the most famous in Greek myth, and its development from the oldest layers of Greek mythology down to the modern age encapsulates the dramatic changes in faith, power and culture that Western civilization has seen over the past three millennia. From the Bronze Age to the Classical Age, from the medieval world to today, the Jason story has been told and retold with new stories, details and meanings. This book explores the epic history of a colorful myth and probes the most ancient origins of the quest for the Golden Fleece--a quest that takes us to the very dawn of Greek religion and its close relationship with Near Eastern peoples and cultures.
| Author | : Maggie Nelson |
| Publisher | : Graywolf Press |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 2015-05-05 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 155597340X |
An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. It binds an account of Nelson's relationship with her partner and a journey to and through a pregnancy to a rigorous exploration of sexuality, gender, and "family." An insistence on radical individual freedom and the value of caretaking becomes the rallying cry for this thoughtful, unabashed, uncompromising book.
| Author | : Nel Samama |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 373 |
| Release | : 2019-07-11 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1119421845 |
Provides technical and scientific descriptions of potential approaches used to achieve indoor positioning, ranging from sensor networks to more advanced radio-based systems This book presents a large technical overview of various approaches to achieve indoor positioning. These approaches cover those based on sensors, cameras, satellites, and other radio-based methods. The book also discusses the simplification of certain implementations, describing ways for the reader to design solutions that respect specifications and follow established techniques. Descriptions of the main techniques used for positioning, including angle measurement, distance measurements, Doppler measurements, and inertial measurements are also given. Indoor Positioning: Technologies and Performance starts with overviews of the first age of navigation, the link between time and space, the radio age, the first terrestrial positioning systems, and the era of artificial satellites. It then introduces readers to the subject of indoor positioning, as well as positioning techniques and their associated difficulties. Proximity technologies like bar codes, image recognition, Near Field Communication (NFC), and QR codes are covered—as are room restricted and building range technologies. The book examines wide area indoor positioning as well as world wide indoor technologies like High-Sensitivity and Assisted GNSS, and covers maps and mapping. It closes with the author's vision of the future in which the practice of indoor positioning is perfected across all technologies. This text: Explores aspects of indoor positioning from both theoretical and practical points of view Describes advantages and drawbacks of various approaches to positioning Provides examples of design solutions that respect specifications of tested techniques Covers infra-red sensors, lasers, Lidar, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth, Image SLAM, LiFi, WiFi, indoor GNSS, and more Indoor Positioning is an ideal guide for technical engineers, industrial and application developers, and students studying wireless communications and signal processing.
| Author | : Nel Samama |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2008-03-14 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780470241905 |
From stars to terrestrial networks and satellites From outdoors to indoors From ancient to future applications From techniques to technologies . . . The field of radionavigation signals and systems has seen significant growth in recent years. Satellite systems are very efficient, but owing to their limited exposure and/or availability in some environments, they do not cover the whole spectrum of applications. Thus, many other positioning techniques are being developed. Now, Global Positioning presents an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of various systems with a specific emphasis on those that are satellite-based. Beginning with a description of the evolution of positioning systems, the book provides detailed coverage of the three main Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellations, discusses how to cope with indoor positioning, defines development activities and commercial positioning, and proposes a vision for the future of the field. Special features of the book include: Exercises to test and challenge the reader's understanding Direct comparison between constellations and other positioning systems Mathematical content kept to a minimum in order to maximize accessibility and readability Descriptions of European and U.S. discussions for Galileo Historical aspects and links between the distant past and current systems Footnotes that provide hints and comments to the reader At a time when the positioning domain is experiencing such immense transformation, it is vital to have a solid understanding of the fundamental principles, current tech-nologies, and future improvements that will help estimate the performance and limita-tions of existing systems. Global Positioning fills an important need for professionals and students in a variety of fields who want a complete and authoritative overview of global positioning techniques.
| Author | : Andrew Kenneth Johnston |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1588344916 |
If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time and placeais explored inaTime 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.
