Name: GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones (en Inglés)
Price: 125468.00 COP
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Author: Easton, Richard D. ; Frazier, Eric F. ; Sturdevant, Rick W.
ISBN: 9781640123076

portada GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Richard D. Easton

Eric F. Frazier

Editorial

Potomac Books

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

324

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm

Peso

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9781640123076

Categorías

Historia de la ciencia
Historia de la tecnología y la ingeniería
Ingeniería militar

GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones (en Inglés)

Richard D. Easton (Autor) · Eric F. Frazier (Autor) · Potomac Books · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones (en Inglés)"

GPS Declassified examines the development of GPS from its secret, Cold War military roots to its emergence as a worldwide consumer industry. Drawing on previously unexplored documents, Richard D. Easton and Eric F. Frazier examine how military rivalries influenced the creation of GPS and shaped public perceptions about its origin. Since the United States' first program to launch a satellite in the late 1950s, the nation has pursued dual paths into space--one military and secret, the other scientific and public. Among the many commercial spinoffs this approach has produced, GPS arguably boasts the greatest impact on our daily lives. Told by a son of a navy insider--whose work helped lay the foundations for the system--and a science and technology journalist, the story chronicles the research and technological advances required for the development of GPS. Easton and Frazier note how the technology moved from the laboratory and the battlefield to the dashboard and the smartphone, and they raise the specter of how this technology and its surrounding industry affect public policy. Insights into how the system works and how it fits into a long history of advances in navigation tie into discussions of the myriad applications for GPS.