Research Catalog

Title

New eye for the Navy : the origin of radar at the Naval Research Laboratory / David Kite Allison.

Author

Allison, David Kite.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : The Laboratory : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1981]

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Additional Authors

Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.). Technical Information Division

Description

xi, 228 p. : ill., ports.; 29 cm.

Summary

This study narrates the origin of radar at the Naval Research Laboratory. Radar should be seen as the product not simply of one man or even a group of men but rather as the result of individuals working within the structure of a mission-oriented research-and-development facility. To comprehend how radar was developed, when it was developed, and why, one must follow not just the evolution of technical progress but also the administrative and political decisions that shaped it. One must understand how the talents and motivations of the people who created this new device were related to the particular institutional situation and historical context in which they labored. The account is the story of a modern research-and-development laboratory in action. It discusses one major accomplishment of one institution. But it is also written to contribute to a broader understanding of the history of research and development laboratories in general and of the influence they have had on the course of modern American history. The work of the Naval Research Laboratory on radar is a significant episode in that story.

Series Statement

NRL report ; 8466

Uniform Title

NRL report 8466.

Subject

• Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) > History
• Radar > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "Technical Information Division."
• "September 29, 1981."
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 215-223.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

LCCN

^^^82601217^

OCLC

8930508

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Harvard Library