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Hot Spot of Invention: Charles Stark Draper, MIT, and the Development of Inertial Guidance and Navigation
Thomas Wildenberg
A biography of Charles Stark 'Doc' Draper, the moving force behind the development of the floated gyroscope, which also acts as a chronological accounting of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and its contributions to the United States.
320 pages, 18 black & white photographs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 2, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9781682474693 |
| Publishers | Naval Institute Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 163 × 28 mm · 654 g |
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