Isbn: 9780914025191 - portney's ponderables: brain teasers for navigators (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 170 pages. 7.80x5.00x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Navigation puzzles, controversies, historical problems, and other ponderables demystified by an expert navigator and writer. Joe Portney is a US Naval Academy graduate and Air Force navigator who has participated in three historic flights over the North Pole. He is a past President of the Institute of Navigation and recipient of the Weems Award for continuing contributions to the art and science of navigation. He has produced a wonderful little book here, chock filled with interesting tidbits, each of which can be read in a few minutes but will stimulate your thought for many days to come. Some are very basic, others more involved, but he provides a clear explanation of each. Some refer to math computations that we might not all be familiar with, but this is not a distraction from the main points being made even in these few cases.'.…

Zustand: New. Klappentext Navigation puzzles, controversies, historical problems, and other ponderables demystified by an expert navigator and writer. Joe Portney is a US Naval Academy graduate and Air Force navigator who has participated in three his.