Hot Spot of Invention
Subtitle: Charles Stark Draper, MIT, and the Development of Inertial Guidance and Navigation
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781682474693
Subjects: Engineers; Inertial navigation systems; Gyroscopes
Description: "Charles Stark Draper, often referred to as 'The Father of Inertial Navigation,' was the moving force behind the development of the floated gyroscope in the United States. He was an engineer, a scientist, and an inventor; an inspiring teacher; and a dynamic leader responsible for creating the laboratory that brought inertial navigation to fruition for operational use in submarines, aircraft, and space vehicles. Draper also created and ran the famous laboratory, now bearing his name, that helped make MIT into one of the nation's leading research centers for government research. The story of Draper's life and his accomplishments cannot be separated from those of the Instrumentation Laboratory, which are one and the same. Thus, this biography of Charles Stark 'Doc' Draper, is also a chronological accounting of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and its contributions to the nation"--