Annotated Bibliography - The Science of Navigation - page 243

Annotated Bibliography
Well, partly annotated: I comment on those references that I found to be particularly
helpful, those that are a good read, and also those that are broad enough in scope to
touch upon more than one of the subjects discussed in this topic. As I remarked in the
introduction, I am hoping that the main text will have whetted your appetite for
further reading on some of these subjects; the annotated texts will take you to a
deeper level.
Acar, C., and A. Shkel. 2008. MEMS Vibratory Gyroscopes . New York: Springer.
Adam, D. 2002. ''Gravity Measurement: Amazing Grace.'' Nature 416:10-11.
A non-technical overview of a very technical subject.
Allen, O. E. 1980. The Pacific Navigators . Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Topics.
A very readable account of the European exploration of the Pacific from the late
sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries.
Ambrose, S. E. 2003. Undaunted Courage . London: Simon & Schuster.
An engaging if somewhat rhapsodic account of the Lewis and Clark expedition
from St. Louis to the Pacific coast, in the first decade of the nineteenth century.
This account sets the table first, with useful information on the political back-
ground to the expedition.
Anderson, E. W. 1997. ''The Treatment of Navigational Errors.'' Journal of Naviga-
tion 50:362-71.
Andrewes, W. J. H. 1993. The Quest for Longitude . Cambridge, MA: Harvard Uni-
versity Press.
A comprehensive, balanced, and engaging account of the long search for a
method of estimating longitude.
Arnold, D. 2002. The Age of Discovery, 1400 - 1600 . 2nd ed. London: Routledge.
Avery, T. 2009. To the End of the Earth . New York: St. Martin's Press.
Balchin, J. 2004. Quantum Leaps: 100 Scientists Who Have Changed the World .
Wigston, Leicester, England: Arcturus Publishing.
Biographical sketches, at least ten of which are relevant to our story.