100 Years of Radar

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Galati, Gaspare (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Electronic circuits.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The unfortunate inventor and the lucky one - the Ur-radar, primordial apparatus
• The owls and the Owl - birth of the Italian radar
• A simultaneous invention - the first developments
• The air defense and the alleged father of radar
• The Second World War and its legacies
• The radar flies: birth and development of airborne radar systems
• The Italian situation in post-war period: SMA, Microlambda, Sindel, Selenia, Contraves, GEM, IDS
• From terrestrial to space-based radar: the adventure of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Scops owls and bats - some considerations on the development of radar
• System Integration: final solution for the radar?.