100 Years Of Radar

Author : Gaspare Galati
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319005847
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Years of Radar written by Gaspare Galati and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hülsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day. Landmark events are highlighted and fascinating insights provided into the exceptional people who made possible the progress in the field, including the scientists and technologists who worked independently and under strict secrecy in various countries across the world in the 1930s and the big businessmen who played an important role after World War II. The book encourages multiple levels of reading. The author is a leading radar researcher who is ideally placed to offer a technical/scientific perspective as well as a historical one. He has taken care to structure and write the book in such a way as to appeal to both non-specialists and experts. The book is not sponsored by any company or body, either formally or informally, and is therefore entirely unbiased. The text is enriched by approximately three hundred images, most of which are original and have been accessed by detailed searches in the archives.

Author : L Brown
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420050660
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical and Military Imperatives written by L Brown and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War II is a coherent account of the history of radar in the second World War. Although many books have been written on the early days of radar and its role in the war, this book is by far the most comprehensive, covering ground, air, and sea operations in all theatres of World War II. The author manages to synthesize a vast amount of material in a highly readable, informative, and enjoyable way. Of special interest is extensive new material about the development and use of radar by Germany, Japan, Russia, and Great British. The story is told without undue technical complexity, so that the book is accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike.

Author : George W. Stimson
Publisher : SciTech Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780852969427
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Airborne Radar written by George W. Stimson and published by SciTech Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the subject for non-specialists: engineers, technicians, pilots, and aerospace industry marketing, public relations, and customer support personnel. Also a reference for specialists in the field. The completely rewritten and revised Second Edition updates the original published by the Hughes Aircraft Company.

Author : Robert Buderi
Publisher : Abacus (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780349110684
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention that Changed the World written by Robert Buderi and published by Abacus (UK). This book was released on 1998 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940 a team of British Scientists arrived in Washington, bearing Britain s most closely guarded technological secrets, including the cavity magnetron, a revolutionary new source of microwave energy. Its arrival triggered the most dramatic mobilisation of science in history, as America s to scientists enlisted to convert the invention into a potent military weapon. Microwave radars eventually helped destroy Japanese warships, Nazi buzz bombs and enabled Allied bombers to see e through cloud cover After the war the work of radar veterans continues to affect our lives by controlling air traffic, helping to forecast the weather and providing physicians with powerful diagnostic tools. Brimming with telling anecdotes and surprising revelations, this book brings to life the exciting, largely untold story of the scientist who not only created a winning weapon but also changed our world for ever.

Author : Séan S. Swords
Publisher : History and Management of Tech
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar written by Séan S. Swords and published by History and Management of Tech. This book was released on 1986 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt with. The study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radar.

Author : Mark A. Richards
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071776486
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing written by Mark A. Richards and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-07-15 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in DSP (digital signal processing) have radically altered the design and usage of radar systems -- making it essential for both working engineers as well as students to master DSP techniques. This text, which evolved from the author's own teaching, offers a rigorous, in-depth introduction to today's complex radar DSP technologies. Contents: Introduction to Radar Systems * Signal Models * Sampling and Quantization of Pulsed Radar Signals * Radar Waveforms * Pulse Compression Waveforms * Doppler Processing * Detection Fundamentals * Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) Detection * Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Imaging

Author : Merrill Ivan Skolnik
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Radar Systems written by Merrill Ivan Skolnik and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1962 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of the second edition of "Introduction to Radar Systems," there has been continual development of new radar capabilities and continual improvements to the technology and practice of radar. This growth has necessitated the addition and updating of the following topics for the third edition: digital technology, automatic detection and tracking, doppler technology, airborne radar, and target recognition. The topic coverage is one of the great strengths of the text. In addition to a thorough revision of topics, and deletion of obsolete material, the author has added end-of-chapter problems to enhance the "teachability" of this classic book in the classroom, as well as for self-study for practicing engineers.

Author : Cyrus Copeland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0399158502
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Off the Radar written by Cyrus Copeland and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part mystery, part reportage, and part detective work, the author sets out to find the truth about his father, who was arrested in Iran for spying at the time of the 1979 hostage crisis and tried in a revolutionary court.

Author : Raymond C. Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781426921117
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radar Origins Worldwide written by Raymond C. Watson and published by . This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radar was the outcome of research during the mid- and late-1930s by scientists and engineers in eight countries: United States, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, USSR, and Japan. Each country believed that this was its own development and held the technology in highest secrecy. Great Britain gave the basics to four advanced Commonwealth nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, and indigenous systems emerged in each before WWII. Hungary independently developed its own system during the war. This book provides an account of the developments, including timelines, in each of the 13 countries. It is primarily intended for readers with a general interest in the history of technology. It is neither "academic" (there are no footnotes) nor technically detailed (only one equation and no diagrams). However, about 450 individuals are noted, many with brief bios. In reviewing draft material, the late historian Louis Brown, author of A Radar History of World War II, commented that it was "free of the great radar myths that still fill many accounts: 'Before Rad Lab there was nothing.' 'We invented it in Britain and everyone copied it from us.' 'German radar was second rate and the Japanese did not have any.' "

Author : Edward Lovick
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450248039
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radar Man written by Edward Lovick and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear devastation. Americas hope for national security relied solely upon aerial reconnaissance. Radar Man is the fascinating memoir of a physicist who, with his colleagues, developed the stealth technology that eventually created radar-invisible aircraft. Edward Lovick shares a compelling story from the perspective of an enthusiastic scientist that highlights his pioneering experiences in an innovative, secret world as he helped create stealth aircraft such as the A-12 OXCART, SR-71 Blackbird, and F-117 Nighthawk. From the moment in 1957 when Lockheeds famous aircraft designer Clarence L. 'Kelly' Johnson invited Lovick to join his Skunk Works, Lovick details how he helped the CIA eventually perform vital, covert reconnaissance flights over Soviet-held territory during the Cold War, saved Lockheed ADPs A-12 from cancellation, and provided key design input to the SR-71 and F-117. Lovicks autobiography describing his career as an engineering physicist in the Skunk Works not only draws attention to the insurmountable challenges that accompanied the task of developing radar-invisible aircraft, but also the importance of the monumental task these young scientists fulfilledall with the hope of creating a secure future for their beloved country.