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Something New Under the Sun
Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age
Taschenbuch von Helen Gavaghan
Sprache: Englisch

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In this, the first history of artifical satellites and their uses, Helen Gavaghan shows how the idea of putting an object in orbit around the earth changed from science fiction to indespensible technology in the twinkling of an eye. Thanks to satellites, we can now send data and images anywhere in the world in an instant. The satellite-based navigational system can pinpoint your exact location anywhere in the world; it is so precise that, from outer space, it can detect the sag on an airplane's wing. Focusing on three major areas of development - navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting - Gavaghan tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made the extraordinary scientific and technological discoveries needed to make these miracles happen. Written by a science journalist with support from the Sloane Foundation, the book describes the birth of the modern scientific era in the twentieth century, with creation of satellite technology. The narrative is part history - beginning with the Russian-U.S. contest with the launch of Sputnik; part politics, as scientists and visionary engineers compete for scarce funding that will bring their dreams to reality; partly the story of the singular and fascinating individuals who were present at the creation of our modern technological era.
In this, the first history of artifical satellites and their uses, Helen Gavaghan shows how the idea of putting an object in orbit around the earth changed from science fiction to indespensible technology in the twinkling of an eye. Thanks to satellites, we can now send data and images anywhere in the world in an instant. The satellite-based navigational system can pinpoint your exact location anywhere in the world; it is so precise that, from outer space, it can detect the sag on an airplane's wing. Focusing on three major areas of development - navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting - Gavaghan tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made the extraordinary scientific and technological discoveries needed to make these miracles happen. Written by a science journalist with support from the Sloane Foundation, the book describes the birth of the modern scientific era in the twentieth century, with creation of satellite technology. The narrative is part history - beginning with the Russian-U.S. contest with the launch of Sputnik; part politics, as scientists and visionary engineers compete for scarce funding that will bring their dreams to reality; partly the story of the singular and fascinating individuals who were present at the creation of our modern technological era.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue The Seed.- One New Moon.- Two Cocktails and the Blues.- Three Follow That Moon.- Four The Space Age.- 1 Navigation.- Five Polaris and Transit.- Six Heady Days.- Seven Pursuit of Orbit.- Eight FromSputnik IIto Transit.- Nine Kershner's Roulette.- Ten The Realities of Space Exploration.- Eleven Move Over, Sputnik.- 2 Meteorology.- Twelve A Time of Turbulence.- Thirteen The Bird's-Eye View.- Fourteen Keep it Simple, Suomi.- Fifteen Storm Patrol.- 3 Communications.- Sixteen The Players.- Seventeen Of Moons and Balloons.- Eighteen Telstar.- Nineteen The Whippersnapper.- Twenty Syncom.- Twenty-One Epilogue.- Chronology.- Notes and Sources.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Nachrichtentechnik
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xix
300 S.
ISBN-13: 9781461272182
ISBN-10: 1461272181
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gavaghan, Helen
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Hersteller: Springer New York
Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Maße: 235 x 155 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Helen Gavaghan
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2012
Gewicht: 0,493 kg
Artikel-ID: 106014025
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue The Seed.- One New Moon.- Two Cocktails and the Blues.- Three Follow That Moon.- Four The Space Age.- 1 Navigation.- Five Polaris and Transit.- Six Heady Days.- Seven Pursuit of Orbit.- Eight FromSputnik IIto Transit.- Nine Kershner's Roulette.- Ten The Realities of Space Exploration.- Eleven Move Over, Sputnik.- 2 Meteorology.- Twelve A Time of Turbulence.- Thirteen The Bird's-Eye View.- Fourteen Keep it Simple, Suomi.- Fifteen Storm Patrol.- 3 Communications.- Sixteen The Players.- Seventeen Of Moons and Balloons.- Eighteen Telstar.- Nineteen The Whippersnapper.- Twenty Syncom.- Twenty-One Epilogue.- Chronology.- Notes and Sources.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Nachrichtentechnik
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xix
300 S.
ISBN-13: 9781461272182
ISBN-10: 1461272181
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gavaghan, Helen
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Hersteller: Springer New York
Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Maße: 235 x 155 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Helen Gavaghan
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2012
Gewicht: 0,493 kg
Artikel-ID: 106014025
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