|
All About Gps: Sherlock Holmes' Guide to the Global Positioning System by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reader Reviews 12 of 15 people found the following review helpful: Great GPS intro for the layman!, March 14, 2000 Reviewer: Gerald Petrey from Tucson, AZ United States This is a great, short introduction to GPS which is easy to read and understand and yet covers the essentials of GPS operation in a fun and interesting way. The author discusses a lot of scientific history and discoveries along the way to make it even more than just a GPS book. It should be inspiring to anyone with an interest in science and technology. The Sherlock Holmes story adds to the flavor of the book. As another brillant detective (and reviewer) deduced, the author's native language is not English and thus they are many grammatical errors but this does not take away much from the technical value of this book. As a GPS navigation systems engineer, I would highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in how GPS really works. --This text refers to the Paperback edition
|
