Naval Science 2: Maritime History, Leadership, and Nautical Sciences for the Njrotc Student - Couverture rigide

Hobbs, Richard R.

 
9781612513935: Naval Science 2: Maritime History, Leadership, and Nautical Sciences for the Njrotc Student
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ISBN 10 : 161251393X ISBN 13 : 9781612513935
Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2014

Synopsis

Naval Science 2, 3rd Edition is the new edition of a textbook that has long been a staple work for the NJROTC program. It provides a survey of early maritime history as well as the history of the U.S. Navy. In addition, this textbook covers the key leadership precepts and nautical sciences required by second-year students in the Navy high school NJROTC program. Subjects covered include maritime geography, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, and physical science, including timely topics such as global warming, green energy, and computer science. The highly illustrated text provides the fundamental background necessary for follow-on studies in all these areas at either the senior high school or college level.

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À propos de l'auteur

Commander Richard Hobbs has been involved with the Navy's NJROTC program for more than thirty years as a writer/editor of many of its instructional textbooks and other materials. A 1966 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Commander Hobbs had thirty-plus years of service as a former Sailor, midshipman, and surface line officer in the regular and reserve Navy. He has also worked in industry as a ceramics engineer and production manager, in publishing as an editor on the staff of the Naval Institute Press, and in education as a community college instructor and high school AP and honors physics teacher.

In addition to instructional materials for the NJROTC program, Commander Hobbs has also written the widely acclaimed Marine Navigation: Piloting, Celestial and Electronic, a standard text and reference book in the field for the last forty years, and is a contributor of several articles on marine navigation and other related topics to World Book Encyclopedia.

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Éditeur
Naval Institute Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
161251393X
ISBN 13 
9781612513935
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
384
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Personne responsable
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