The Global Positioning System:

The Path From Research to Human Benefit (Beyond Discovery Series)

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Size: 8 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1996

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The Global Positioning System	1-1	(skim)
Where Is He?	1-1	(skim)
Time and Location, Precisely	2-2	(skim)
It Started with Basic Research...	3-4	(skim)
A Tool to Study Nature	5-5	(skim)
Rabi's Clock	6-6	(skim)
Practical Applications	6-7	(skim)
GPS and the Future	7-8	(skim)

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NOTES

"GPS: The Role of Atomic Clocks" from the Beyond Discovery series