Target detection by marine radar / / John N. Briggs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004807103321
• Autore: Briggs John N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stevenage, Herts., UK, : Institution of Electrical Engineers, c2004
• ISBN: 1-282-01013-1; 9786612010132; 1-59124-898-1; 1-84919-082-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (702 p.)
• Collana: IEE radar, sonar, navigation, and avionics series ; ; 16
• Disciplina: 623.8933
• Soggetti: Radar in navigation; Tracking radar
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The system and the transmitter; 3 Radar receiver; 4 Echo strength in free space; 5 Environmental effects on propagation; 6 Multipath of point targets; 7 Passive point targets; 8 Active targets; 9 Multipath factor of extended targets; 10 Extended target reflections; ships and coasts; 11 Noise, clutter and interference; 12 Detection; 13 Accuracy of position and track; 14 Spreadsheet calculations; 15 Worked examples; 16 Future possibilities; A1 Glossary; A2 Statistics details; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Radar is a legal necessity for the safe navigation of merchant ships and, within vessel traffic services, is indispensable to the operation of major ports and harbours. Target Detection by Marine Radar concentrates solely on civil marine operations and explains how civil surveillance radars detect their targets. There are numerous diagrams and worked examples to help the reader understand the principles underlying radar operation and to quantify the importance of factors such as technical features of specific equipment, the weather, and the ability of the operator. The accuracy with which targ

Analytical mechanics : an introduction / / Antonio Fasano, Stefano Marmi ; translated by Beatrice Pelloni

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967738903321
• Autore: Fasano A (Antonio)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-383-02179-1; 1-280-96502-9; 0-19-151359-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (788 p.)
• Collana: Oxford graduate texts
• Altri autori (Persone): MarmiS <1963-> (Stefano)
• Disciplina: 531.01/515
• Soggetti: Mechanics, Analytic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Series statement from jacket.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [749]-758) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Geometric and kinematic foundations of Lagrangian mechanics; 2 Dynamics: general laws and the dynamics of a point particle; 3 One-dimensional motion; 4 The dynamics of discrete systems. Lagrangian formalism; 5 Motion in a central field; 6 Rigid bodies: geometry and kinematics; 7 The mechanics of rigid bodies: dynamics; 8 Analytical mechanics: Hamiltonian formalism; 9 Analytical mechanics: variational principles; 10 Analytical mechanics: canonical formalism; 11 Analytic mechanics: Hamilton-Jacobi theory and integrability; 12 Analytical mechanics: canonical perturbation theory; 13 Analytical mechanics: an introduction to ergodic theory and to chaotic motion14 Statistical mechanics: kinetic theory; 15 Statistical mechanics: Gibbs sets; 16 Lagrangian formalism in continuum mechanics; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Is the solar system stable? Is there a unifying 'economy' principle in mechanics? How can a pointmass be described as a 'wave'? This book offers students an understanding of the relevant results of the theory of analytical mechanics, including plenty of examples, exercises, and solved problems.

The cathedral of the world : a universalist theology / / Forrest Church

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960032103321
• Autore: Church F. Forrester
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-8070-7324-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 230/.9132
• Soggetti: Liberalism (Religion); Unitarian Universalist churches - Doctrines
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Invocation: The cathedral of the world -- Book I: God and other famous liberals -- The greatest liberal of them all -- Mother God -- Book II: The American creed -- The role of religion in American democracy -- The American creed -- What would Jefferson and Adams do? -- America's promise -- From nationalism to patriotism -- Book III: A liberal pulpit -- The presidential pulpit and religious politics -- The commonwealth of God -- Fear and terror -- Shall we overcome? -- World Peace 2000 -- Choose life -- Choose your enemies carefully -- Religion and the body politic -- Book IV: Universalism for the 21st century -- The search for meaning -- The church of the future in light of the past -- Universalism for the twenty-first century -- Emerson's shadow -- There is no hell -- The seven deadly virtues -- Home after dark -- At home in the universe -- Book V: Love after death -- Love and death -- Love's tribunal.
• Sommario/riassunto: On September 24, 2009, Forrest Church succumbed to a three-year battle against esophageal cancer. As his final gift, the beloved minister and acclaimed author wrote one last book, leaving behind a clear statement of his universalist theology and liberal faith. The Cathedral of the World draws from the entire span of Church's life's work, recasting public addresses and adapted book chapters, articles, and several previously unpublished pieces into a single argument. Giving new voice to the power of liberal religion, Church invites all seekers to enter the Cathedral of the World, home to many windows but only one ; Light.