Hot Spot of Invention – Charles Stark Draper, MIT, and the Development of Inertial Guidance and Navigation

Author: Thomas Wildenberg
Published: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781682474693
Hard back, 320 pages, 32 illustrations

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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. Engineer, scientist, inventor, inspiring teacher, and dynamic leader, Draper founded the laboratory that brought inertial navigation to fruition for operational use in submarines, aircraft, and space vehicles. These factors alone make him worthy of study. But Draper also created and ran the famous laboratory, now bearing his name, that helped make MIT into one of the nation’s leading centers for government research. The story of his life and 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.