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Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
Mark Denny
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Description for Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
Hardback. A section on bioacoustic echolocation, with a focus on the superior sonar systems of bats and whales and a discussion of the advanced technology of next-generation airborne signal processors, opens the imagination to fascinating possibilities for the future. Num Pages: 288 pages, 95, 67 black & white halftones, 28 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: TJKD; TTSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation-a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals. Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny deftly reveals the world of radar and sonar to the curious reader, technology buff, and expert alike. He begins with an early history of the Chain Home radar system used during World War II and then provides accessible and engaging explanations of the physics that make signal processing possible. Basic diagrams and formulas show ... Read more
Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation-a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals. Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny deftly reveals the world of radar and sonar to the curious reader, technology buff, and expert alike. He begins with an early history of the Chain Home radar system used during World War II and then provides accessible and engaging explanations of the physics that make signal processing possible. Basic diagrams and formulas show ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801886652
SKU
V9780801886652
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About Mark Denny
After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Edinburgh University, Mark Denny pursued research at Oxford University from 1981 to 1984, then moved into a career in industry. For nearly twenty years he developed radar and sonar systems for several multinational aerospace corporations. He is the author of Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World, also published by Johns ... Read more
Reviews for Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
This is an impressive, enjoyable and unique book... The style is light and entertaining, without in any way trivializing the subject or appearing patronizing, and Blip, Ping, and Buzz achieves the rather special trick of being valuable both to the non-specialist and to the seasoned practitioner.
Hugh Griffiths Physics World 2008 This well written book... is highly recommended for ... Read more
Hugh Griffiths Physics World 2008 This well written book... is highly recommended for ... Read more