{"product_id":"gps-declassified-from-smart-bombs-to-smartphones-paperback-softback-9781640123076","title":"GPS Declassified; From Smart Bombs to Smartphones (Paperback \/ softback) 9781640123076","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGPS Declassified\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Smart Bombs to Smartphones\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard D. Easton (Author), Eric F. Frazier (Author), Rick W. Sturdevant (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640123076\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 14 photographs, 16 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.472 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGPS Declassified \u003c\/i\u003eis a carefully researched, well written, fast-paced, and thoroughly enjoyable book.\"—William F. Mellberg, \u003ci\u003eSpace Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"As an introduction to GPS, its history, uses, issues and concerns \u003ci\u003eGPS Declassified \u003c\/i\u003ecan't be beat.\"—Robert Schaefer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eGPS Declassified\u003c\/i\u003e] is a good primer and a stimulus to the more challenging aspects of what is now one of the fastest growing sectors in space applications.\"—\u003ci\u003eSpaceflight \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book expertly weaves the story of GPS development and its ever-expanding use. . . . Beyond the science of GPS, the authors also provide insight into how societies evolved, grow, and expand.\"-M. W. Carr, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is an essential history of how this technology came to be, how it works, and where it may be going in the future.\"-John Walker, \u003ci\u003eFourmilog\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"A fine and entertaining story of the origins of the Global Positioning System, a consequential space-age technology that has affected the lives of hundreds of millions in war and peace. Non-specialist readers will easily understand principles of this sophisticated system and appreciate difficulties of GPS development by visionary individuals.\"—Mike Gruntman, professor of astronautics at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles and author of \u003ci\u003eBlazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGPS Declassified\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Rick W. Sturdevant\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1.  New Moons Rising: The Satellite Age Arrives\u003cbr\u003e2.  Weather Permitting: A Brief History of Navigation \u003cbr\u003e3.  Success Has Many Fathers: Early Concepts for Satellite Navigation\u003cbr\u003e4.  One System, Two Narratives: Recollections and Documents\u003cbr\u003e5.  Invisible Stars: How GPS Works\u003cbr\u003e6.  Going Public: The Roots of Civilian GPS Use \u003cbr\u003e7.  Going To War: GPS Aids Military Success In the Persian Gulf\u003cbr\u003e8.  Going Mainstream: A Consumer Industry Is Born\u003cbr\u003e9.  Where Are We? GPS and GNSS Today\u003cbr\u003e10.  Going Forward: The Future of GPS\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676820205848,"sku":"9781640123076","price":21.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gps-declassified-from-smart-bombs-to-smartphones-paperback-softback-9781640123076","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}