Galileo and Satellite Navigation

Alessandro De Angelis

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Springer International Publishing AG
27 December 2024

History of science; Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Physics; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Electronics engineering

Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology

This book explores the Galilean method for geolocation, placing it in historical and astronomical context. It bridges the techniques developed by the Greeks and medieval astronomers with later innovations like precision clocks, 20th-century wireless technology, and space-based navigation.

The primary source is the twenty-volume National Edition of the Works of Galileo (published 1890-1909 by Antonio Favaro) and the update edited by Michele Camerota and Patrizia Ruffo in 2019, which includes previously unpublished documents on Galileo's negotiations with the Spanish government for selling his longitude-determining method at sea.

This book inspired the 2024 ""International Research Day in the World,"" focused on geolocation, organized by the Italian Permanent Delegation to International Organizations in Paris. In collaboration with Museo Galileo in Florence and Sorbonne Université, the event featured the exhibition “Galileo and Satellite Navigation,” showcased at the Pierre et Marie Curie Campus in Paris (June 13-28, 2024), and later at the Italian Institutes of Culture in Prague and Amsterdam, and at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada.

By: Alessandro De Angelis
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
ISBN: 9783031787980
ISBN 10: 3031787986
Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
Pages: 73
Publication Date: 27 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Determine where we are.- Galileo's solution: the satellites of Jupiter.- From Galileo to today.- Postscript.- Bibliography.- Appendix.

Having conceived and implemented with NASA and the Max-Planck Institute in Munich essential experiments for the study of cosmic rays, Alessandro De Angelis is a recognized authority in high-energy astrophysics. Graduated from the University of Padua and later a member of CERN, De Angelis is Professor of Experimental Physics at the Universities of Padua and Lisbon and Scientific Counsellor of the Italian Permanent Delegation to the International Organizations in Paris. Besides numerous scientific articles and textbooks on Astroparticle Physics, he has published four popular books on Galilei and the history of science in the Renaissance.

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