Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There
- ISBN-10
- 1588344916
- ISBN-13
- 9781588344915
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Inst Press
- Authors
- Paul E. Ceruzzi, Andrew Kenneth Johnston, Roger Connor
Description
Exploring the surprising connection between time and place, a companion book to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same name traces the history of navigation, showing where we have been, how far we have come and where we are going.
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