Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation—a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals.

Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny deftly reveals the world of radar and sonar to the curious reader, technology buff, and expert alike. He begins with an early history of the Chain Home radar system used during World War II and then provides accessible and engaging explanations of the physics that make signal processing possible. Basic diagrams and formulas show how electromagnetic and sound waves are transmitted, received, and converted into images, allowing you to literally see in the dark.

A section on bioacoustic echolocation, with a focus on the superior sonar systems of bats and whales and a discussion of the advanced technology of next-generation airborne signal processors, opens the imagination to fascinating possibilities for the future.

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Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation—a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals.

Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny deftly reveals the world of radar and sonar to the curious reader, technology buff, and expert alike. He begins with an early history of the Chain Home radar system used during World War II and then provides accessible and engaging explanations of the physics that make signal processing possible. Basic diagrams and formulas show how electromagnetic and sound waves are transmitted, received, and converted into images, allowing you to literally see in the dark.

A section on bioacoustic echolocation, with a focus on the superior sonar systems of bats and whales and a discussion of the advanced technology of next-generation airborne signal processors, opens the imagination to fascinating possibilities for the future.

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Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar

Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar

by Mark Denny
Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
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Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar

by Mark Denny

Overview

Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation—a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals.

Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny deftly reveals the world of radar and sonar to the curious reader, technology buff, and expert alike. He begins with an early history of the Chain Home radar system used during World War II and then provides accessible and engaging explanations of the physics that make signal processing possible. Basic diagrams and formulas show how electromagnetic and sound waves are transmitted, received, and converted into images, allowing you to literally see in the dark.

A section on bioacoustic echolocation, with a focus on the superior sonar systems of bats and whales and a discussion of the advanced technology of next-generation airborne signal processors, opens the imagination to fascinating possibilities for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801886652
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/16/2007
Edition description: 20
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.93(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Mark Denny is a theoretical physicist who has worked in academia and industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Lights On! The Science of Power Generation, Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science behind the Forecasts, and Making the Most of the Anthropocene: Facing the Future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hearing the Picture
1. Early Days
2. Remote Sensing Foundations
3. Signal Processing Techniques
4. Tactics: Skunks and Old Crows
5. Mapping: Hearing the Picture
6. Specialized Applications and Advanced Techniques
Final Thoughts
Technical Notes
Glossary
Index

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From the Publisher

Denny's book gets a two thumbs up from me. It is a clear, beautifully written work on a topic of great interest—and one of great mystery. Best of all, it is not a 'popular science' trivialization of the subject. It is decidedly unusual in that while a bright high school math or science student can read the majority of the book with profit, even graduate engineers will learn from it as well. I certainly did.
—Paul J. Nahin, author of Oliver Heaviside and The Science of Radio

Paul J. Nahin

Denny's book gets a two thumbs up from me. It is a clear, beautifully written work on a topic of great interest—and one of great mystery. Best of all, it is not a 'popular science' trivialization of the subject. It is decidedly unusual in that while a bright high school math or science student can read the majority of the book with profit, even graduate engineers will learn from it as well. I certainly did.

— Paul J. Nahin, author of Oliver Heaviside and The Science of Radio

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