Satellite

Name: Satellite
Brand: Reaktion Books
Price: 55.99 AUD

Innovation in Orbit

By: Doug Millard

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Hardcover | 16 January 2017

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192 Pages

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20.8 x 15.6 x 1.27

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There are thousands of artificial satellites orbiting Earth. Ubiquitous but mysterious, they are a technological infrastructure in space on which society depends, yet we think of them only rarely – when our sat nav goes wrong, for example, or our TV stops receiving.

The story of the satellite is, however, remarkable: an astonishing history of imagination, experiment and ingenuity. At first they symbolized Cold War political prestige, as satellites such as Sputnik, Telstar and Early Bird became household names, but they evolved into cultural signifiers, catalysts for design, even the subjects of pop records.

These narratives are brought together for the first time in Satellite, an illustrated history that deconstructs the satellite as a cultural, political and technological artefact.

About the Author

Doug Millard is Deputy Keeper, Technologies and Engineering at the Science Museum, London. He is the author of "Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age."

Industry Reviews

"Satellite provides a highly readable account of how we have come to depend on machines in space for many everyday purposes such as weather forecasting, positioning and TV broadcasts as well as for exploring the universe. Doug Millard traces the story from the time of Newton up to the present day laced with anecdotes and wonderful images that make it a treat to read."--Pat Norris, author of Spies in the Sky "Isis"
"Illustrated with engaging color photographs. . . . Millard does a good job in showing the merit of satellites for cosmic observation and how they are deployed around other planets. The reader comes away from Satellite with an appreciation of how this technology is as much a part of our 'infrastructure' as more earthly engineering creations. Indeed, satellites are so useful and ubiquitous that their number is creating a potential pollution problem in space."-- "Isis"
"The strengths of Satellite are the clear, accessible exposition of the history, and the rich, well-selected, and numerous illustrations that have been reproduced beautifully (a hallmark of the publisher, Reaktion Books)."-- "Metascience"

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