Galati G. 100 Years of Radar

Springer International Publishing, 2016. — XVIII, 399 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-00583-6.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.The Unfortunate Inventor and the Lucky One—The UR-RADAR, Early Apparatus
The “Unlucky” Inventor.
The “Lucky” Inventor.The Owls and the Gufo. Birth of Italian Radar
The Owls of Charles Baudelaire and the Gufo by Ugo Tiberio...
Annex No. 1—The “Found Manuscript” by Ugo Tiberio, Livorno, 1936.
Birth of Radar in Italy.A Simultaneous Invention—The Former Developments

Air Defense and the Alleged Father of Radar

The Second World War and Radar Technologies—Developments of Air Defense and Air Traffic Control Radars
Antiaircraft Defense and Radar Systems in Germany.
Anti-radar Systems—The Invention of “Chaff".
The “Passive Radar".
The Magnetron, the “Tizard Mission” and the Microwave Radar.
The Italian Situation.
The US Contribution.
Developments and Applications of War-Time Studies.
Overview of the Developments in the Soviet Union—The Soviet Threat.The Radar Flies: Birth and Development of Airborne and of Anti-submarine Warfare SystemsThe Italian Radar Industry in the Post-war Period
Annex No. 2—Memoir Written by Ing. Franco Bardelli in Early 2010.
Annex No. 3—Memoir by Ing. Benito Palumbo, End of 2009.
Annex No. 4—Memoir by Ing. Sergio Sabatini, Mid 2011 (Shortened and Updated).From Ground to Space-Based Radar—The Adventure of the Italian Synthetic Aperture Radar
Annex No. 5—Contribution by Dr. Ing. Francesco Caltagirone.Scops Owls and Bats—Recent Radar Developments
Spallanzani, Bats and Radar Techniques.
“Stealth” Targets and New Frequency Bands.
On the Development of Radar Technologies After the Second World War.
Coherent Chains and Digital Processing of Radar Signals.
Phased Arrays with Electronic Scan of the Beam; Adaptivity.
Phased Array Radars for Naval and Aerial Platforms.
Post-war Civil Developments—Weather Radars.
Developments for the Consumer Market—Maritime and Automotive Radars.
Developments for Security: Through-the-Wall Radar (TTWR).
Radar Research Infrastructures.System Integration: A Final (Dis)Solution for the Radar?

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