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Author : Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of the Retriangulation of Great Britain, 1935-1962 written by Great Britain. Ordnance Survey and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen M. Stigler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674256859
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book The History of Statistics written by Stephen M. Stigler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990-03-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent book is the first comprehensive history of statistics from its beginnings around 1700 to its emergence as a distinct and mature discipline around 1900. Stephen M. Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences including astronomy, geodesy, experimental psychology, genetics, and sociology. He addresses many intriguing questions: How did scientists learn to combine measurements made under different conditions? And how were they led to use probability theory to measure the accuracy of the result? Why were statistical methods used successfully in astronomy long before they began to play a significant role in the social sciences? How could the introduction of least squares predate the discovery of regression by more than eighty years? On what grounds can the major works of men such as Bernoulli, De Moivre, Bayes, Quetelet, and Lexis be considered partial failures, while those of Laplace, Galton, Edgeworth, Pearson, and Yule are counted as successes? How did Galton’s probability machine (the quincunx) provide him with the key to the major advance of the last half of the nineteenth century? Stigler’s emphasis is upon how, when, and where the methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty in experimental and observational science, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences. He describes with care the scientific context in which the different methods evolved and identifies the problems (conceptual or mathematical) that retarded the growth of mathematical statistics and the conceptual developments that permitted major breakthroughs. Statisticians, historians of science, and social and behavioral scientists will gain from this book a deeper understanding of the use of statistical methods and a better grasp of the promise and limitations of such techniques. The product of ten years of research, The History of Statistics will appeal to all who are interested in the humanistic study of science.
Author : Mark Monmonier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022615212X
Total Pages : 1941 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The History of Cartography, Volume 6 written by Mark Monmonier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 1941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than thirty years, the History of Cartography Project has charted the course for scholarship on cartography, bringing together research from a variety of disciplines on the creation, dissemination, and use of maps. Volume 6, Cartography in the Twentieth Century, continues this tradition with a groundbreaking survey of the century just ended and a new full-color, encyclopedic format. The twentieth century is a pivotal period in map history. The transition from paper to digital formats led to previously unimaginable dynamic and interactive maps. Geographic information systems radically altered cartographic institutions and reduced the skill required to create maps. Satellite positioning and mobile communications revolutionized wayfinding. Mapping evolved as an important tool for coping with complexity, organizing knowledge, and influencing public opinion in all parts of the globe and at all levels of society. Volume 6 covers these changes comprehensively, while thoroughly demonstrating the far-reaching effects of maps on science, technology, and society—and vice versa. The lavishly produced volume includes more than five hundred articles accompanied by more than a thousand images. Hundreds of expert contributors provide both original research, often based on their own participation in the developments they describe, and interpretations of larger trends in cartography. Designed for use by both scholars and the general public, this definitive volume is a reference work of first resort for all who study and love maps.
Author : Joseph Zund
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642764967
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Differential Geodesy written by Joseph Zund and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart from Hotine's work on Mathematical Geodesy, several previously unpublished reports are collected in this monograph, complemented by extensive comments on these contributions and a complete bibliography of Hotine by the editor.
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Total Pages : 78 pages
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Download or read book The Royal Engineers Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachel Hewitt
Publisher : Granta Publications
ISBN 13 : 1847084524
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Map of a Nation written by Rachel Hewitt and published by Granta Publications. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey”—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome” (The Guardian, UK). Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and this is—amazingly—the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it. The Ordnance Survey’s history is one of political revolutions, rebellions and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It’s also a deliciously readable account of one of the great untold British adventure stories, featuring intrepid individuals lugging brass theodolites up mountains to make the country visible to itself for the first time.
Author : W. A. Seymour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
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Download or read book A History of the Ordnance Survey written by W. A. Seymour and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. Beer
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483160912
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Vistas in Astronomy written by P. Beer and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vistas in Astronomy
Author : Avraham Ariel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313056463
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Plotting the Globe written by Avraham Ariel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People use concepts such as time and date to structure their lives on a daily basis. They often measure their travel by marking points arranged along great circles on the globe. Yet most do not understand the origin and history of these terms and the stories of the intrepid adventurers, scientists, and seafarers who shaped our picture of the world today. Ariel transports readers to faraway lands and ancient cultures that span more than 3500 years of exploration. Phoenicians, Spaniards, Portuguese, British, French, and many others star in an epic that stretches from Lapland to Cape Horn, via Greenwich, Paris, the Andes and the Fortunate Islands. This book is a collection of stories and myths about geography, navigation, and geodesy— the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface-that reaches far beyond dry scientific texts to concentrate on the people behind the discoveries. The knowledge and understanding of abstract notions such as the Prime Meridian, the Equator, and the International Date Line is conveyed through emphasis on the human spirit that motivated the pioneer scientists and sailors. It is a tale littered with heroes and villains, battles, tragedies and international intrigue. Readers will learn of a time when nothing was certain—even the shape and size of the earth were the subjects of fierce competition, conflict, and politics.
Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316541028
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Jeeves and the Leap of Faith written by Ben Schott and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeeves and Wooster return in a new espionage caper full of japes, high jinks, and jiggery-pokery in a series that is “impossible to read without grinning idiotically” (Evening Standard). The Drones club’s in peril. Gussie’s in love. Spode’s on the war path. Oh, and His Majesty’s Government needs a favor . . . I say! It’s a good thing Bertie’s back, what? In his eagerly anticipated sequel to Jeeves and the King of Clubs, Ben Schott leads Jeeves and Wooster on another elegantly uproarious escapade. From the mean streets of Mayfair to the scheming spires of Cambridge, we encounter a joyous cast of characters: chiseling painters and criminal bookies, eccentric philosophers and dodgy clairvoyants, appalling poets and pocket dictators, vexatious aunts and their vicious hounds. But that’s not all: Who is ICEBERG, and why is he covered in chalk? Why is Jeeves reading Winnie-the-Pooh? What is seven across and eighty-five down? How do you play Russian Roulette at The Savoy? These questions, and more, are answered in Jeeves and the Leap of Faith — an homage to P.G. Wodehouse, authorized by his estate, and essential reading for fans of The Master. Tinkety-tonk!
Author : John R Davies
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291230483
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Primary Trigs in Wales written by John R Davies and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1935 the Ordnance Survey - the UK mapping agency - began the huge task of re mapping the British Isles. This involved building and surveying over 6500 triangulation or 'trig' pillars - the familiar concrete obelisks that frequent the British landscape, countryside and mountains. The Re-triangulation took many years and was finally completed in 1962. Between 1936-37 the survey was at work in Wales. This is the tale of how the Welsh Primary pillars came to be, the reconnaissances, permissions, construction and the observations taken from them. It is the tale of the men who did the work, toiling in all weathers, shifting and transporting tons of material and equipment and the thousands of hours of effort. The result of their work was the creation the OS maps we all know and use. Today the trig pillars are redundant, overtaken by new digital mapping technologies, satellites and GPS, they remain only as analogue memorials to a hidden human endeavour. This book aims to record their labours.
Author : Tim Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ordnance Survey written by Tim Owen and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rebekah Higgitt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137520647
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850 written by Rebekah Higgitt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors.
Author : Keith John Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521263395
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (212 download)
Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 1 written by Keith John Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First of two volumes about the work of 70 scientists who visited the highest mountains in the world in 1980.
Author : Frank Rodgers
Publisher : New York : H. W. Wilson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Guide to British Government Publications written by Frank Rodgers and published by New York : H. W. Wilson. This book was released on 1980 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ordnance SURVEY
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ISBN 13 : 9781714385751
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Download or read book History of the Re Triangulation of Great Britain written by Ordnance SURVEY and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facsimile copy of the History of the Re-Triangulation of Great Britain 1967, with the full text of the book and some of the photographs. Based on a scan completed some years ago with the text cleaned up so the output is crisp and clean. Note one fault, page 111 is printed upside down. High quality print by Blurb
Author : Uwe Flick
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1526426196
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Managing Quality in Qualitative Research written by Uwe Flick and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality underpins the success (or failure) of any piece of qualitative research. In this book, Uwe Flick takes you through the steps in method and design to ensure quality and reliability throughout the entire research process. Showing hands-on what it means to ′manage′ quality, this book puts the spotlight on practical questions and steps researchers can use to continually interrogate, improve and demonstrate quality in your research.
