Overview
- Describes the technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from inception to the present day
- Highlights landmark events and the contributions of key figures
- Includes numerous images from the Archives
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Air Traffic Control Radar
- Airborne Radar Systems
- Automotive Radar
- Chain Home
- Christian Hülsmeyer
- Freya
- Future developments of Radar
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Henry Wizard
- History of Radar Reviewed
- Magnetron
- Marine Radar
- Multifunction, phased array radar (MPAR)
- Radar development in World War II
- Radars in the Second World War
- Robert Wattson Watt
- SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Ugo Tiberio
- Weather Radar
About this book
This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hülsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day. Landmark events are highlighted and fascinating insights provided into the exceptional people who made possible the progress in the field, including the scientists and technologists who worked independently and under strict secrecy in various countries across the world in the 1930s and the big businessmen who played an important role after World War II. The book encourages multiple levels of reading. The author is a leading radar researcher who is ideally placed to offer a technical/scientific perspective as well as a historical one. He has taken care to structure and write the book in such a way as to appeal to both non-specialists and experts. The book is not sponsored by any company or body, either formally or informally, and is therefore entirely unbiased. The text is enriched by approximately three hundred images, most of which are original and have been accessed by detailed searches in the archives.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gaspare GALATI received a Dr. Ing. Degree (Laurea) in Nuclear Engineering in 1970 and subsequently worked until 1986 for the company Selenia, where he was involved in radar systems analysis and design. From 1984 to 1986 he headed Selenia’s System Analysis Group, a group of 12 graduate engineers supporting the whole company for R&D activities in the field of radar systems, telecommunications, and computer applications. He conceived and analyzed the former Adaptive Moving Target Indicator (MTI) filter (patented), used in Selenia/Alenia surveillance radars, and was involved in the design of their former MTD (Moving Target Detector) processor. In March 1986 he became Associate Professor of Radar at Tor Vergata University, Rome. Since November 1994, he has been Full Professor of Radar and Navigation Systems at the Tor Vergata University of Rome, where he also teaches Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes. His main interests are in radar theory and techniques, detection and estimation, navigation, and air traffic management. He is the author or co-author of more than 250 papers, 20 patents, 4 research books and 4 teaching books on these topics. He is a senior member of the IEEE and of the Associazione Italiana per l’ ICT, AICT. Within the AICT he chairs the Remote Sensing and Guidance Group. He is chairman of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Chapter of the IEEE – Italy, and a member of the Executive Committee of the IEEE Italy Section.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: 100 Years of Radar
Authors: Gaspare Galati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00584-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00583-6Published: 28 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34578-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00584-3Published: 15 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 399
Number of Illustrations: 241 b/w illustrations
Topics: Electronic Circuits and Devices, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Science