{"product_id":"sky-and-ocean-joined-the-us-naval-observatory-1830-2000-9780521037501","title":"Sky and Ocean Joined: The US Naval Observatory 1830-2000","description":"This volume is, first and foremost, a story of the relations between space, time and navigation, from the rise of the chronometer in the U.S. to the Global Positioning System of satellites, for which the Naval Observatory provides the time to a billionth of a second per day. It is a story of the history of technology, in the form of telescopes, lenses, detectors, calculators, clocks and computers over 170 years. It describes how one scientific institution under government and military patronage has contributed, through all the vagaries of history, to almost two centuries of unparalleled progress in astronomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven J. Dick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521037501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDick, Steven J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Steven J. Dick has worked as an astronomer and historian of science at the US Naval Observatory since 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40747442995315,"sku":"9.78052E+12","price":156.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f809fbe7-c01f-489f-8fab-2dc24958c593.jpg?v=1678199455","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/sky-and-ocean-joined-the-us-naval-observatory-1830-2000-9780521037501","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}