Time and navigation : the untold story of getting from here to there by Johnston, Andrew K

Time and navigation : the untold story of getting from here to there
by Johnston, Andrew K

(#529ZGU1)

Follett eBook (perpetual term) (single-user access) Smithsonian Books, 2015
Description: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color), digital.
Dewey: 629.04; Audience: Adult

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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Includes bibliographical references (page 214) and index.;Time and place connection -- Navigating at sea -- Navigating in the air -- Navigating in space -- Inventing satellite navigation -- Navigation for everyone -- Where are we headed?.;Description based on print version record. "If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. This connection between time and place has been true for centuries and is now being explored in 'Time 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. This ... book covers five major periods of navigation history"--Provided by publisher.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Smithsonian Books
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Format: Follett eBook (perpetual term) (single-user access)
  • Dewey: 629.04
  • Classifications: Reference
  • Description: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color), digital.
  • Tracings: Connor, Roger, author. ; Stephens, Carlene E., 1949- author. ; Ceruzzi, Paul E., author.
  • ISBN-10: 1-58834-492-4
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-58834-492-2
  • Follett Number: 529ZGU1
  • Audience: Adult