Автор: Johnston Andrew K., Connor Roger D., Stephens Carlene E. Название: Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There ISBN: 1588346609 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781588346605 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 2110.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание:
If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time and place is 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.
Today we use smartphones and GPS, but navigating has not always been so easy. The oldest "clock" is Earth itself, and the oldest means of keeping time came from observing changes in the sky.
Early mariners like the Vikings accomplished amazing feats of navigation without using clocks at all. Pioneering seafarers in the Age of Exploration used dead reckoning and celestial navigation; later innovations such as sextants and marine chronometers honed these techniques by measuring latitude and longitude. When explorers turned their sights to the skies, they built on what had been learned at sea.
For example, Charles Lindbergh used a bubble sextant on his record-breaking flights. World War II led to the development of new flight technologies, notably radio navigation, since celestial navigation was not suited for all-weather military operations. These forms of navigation were extended and enhanced when explorers began guiding spacecraft into space and across the solar system.
Astronauts combined celestial navigation technology with radio transmissions. The development of the atomic clock revolutionized space flight because it could measure billionths of a second, thereby allowing mission teams to navigate more accurately. Scientists and engineers applied these technologies to navigation on earth to develop space-based time and navigation services such as GPS that is used every day by people from all walks of life.
While the history of navigation is one of constant change and innovation, it is also one of remarkable continuity.
Time and Navigation tells the story of navigation to help us understand where we have been and how we got there so that we can understand where we are going.
Автор: Johnston Andrew R. Название: Pulses of Abstraction: Episodes from a History of Animation ISBN: 0816685290 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816685295 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3762.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Reshapes the history of abstract animation and its importance to computer imagery and cinema Animation and technology are always changing with one another. From hand-drawn flipbooks to stop-motion and computer-generated imagery (CGI), animation’s identity is in flux. But many of these moving image technologies, like CGI, emerged from the world of animation. Indeed, animation has made essential contributions to not only computer imagery but also cinema, helping shape them into the fields and media forms we know today. In Pulses of Abstraction, Andrew R. Johnston presents both a revealing history of abstract animation and an investigation into the relationship between animation and cinema. Examining a rich array of techniques-including etching directly onto the filmstrip, immersive colored-light spectacles, rapid montage sequences, and digital programming-Pulses of Abstraction uncovers important epistemological shifts around film and related media. Just as animation’s images pulse in projection, so too does its history of indexing technological and epistemic changes through experiments with form, material, and aesthetics. Focusing on a period of rapid media change from the 1950s to the 1970s, this book combines close readings of experimental animations with in-depth technological studies, revealing how animation helped image culture come to terms with the rise of information technologies.
Автор: Johnston Andrew C. Название: The Sons of Remus: Identity in Roman Gaul and Spain ISBN: 0674660102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674660106 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 7595.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Histories of Rome emphasize the ways the empire assimilated conquered societies, bringing civilization to "barbarians." Yet these interpretations leave us with an incomplete understanding of the diverse cultures that flourished in the provinces. Andrew C. Johnston recaptures the identities, memories, and discourses of these variegated societies.
Автор: Johnston Andrew Название: The Forgotten Rising Sons ISBN: 0992530180 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992530181 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5416.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Johnston, Andrew Название: Holistic strength training for triathlon ISBN: 1456724037 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781456724030 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5171.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Johnston Maurice Andrew Brackenreed, Yearsley Kenneth Darlaston Название: Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom (1919) ISBN: 116609703X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781166097035 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8819.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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