Something New Under the Sun

Beschreibung

Neuware -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.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Something New Under the Sun

Verlag

Springer New York, Springer US Nov 1997

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0387949143

ISBN-13

9780387949147

Einband

Buch

Zustand

Neu

Abmessungen

241B x 160 H x 23 T Millimeter Breite: 241 mm, Höhe: 160 mm, Tiefe: 23 mm

Gewicht

653 Gramm

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