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All About GPS: Sherlock Holmes' Guide to the Global Positioning System

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This is a great, short introduction to GPS which is easy to read and understand and yet covers the essentials of GPS operation in a fun and interesting way. The author discusses a lot of scientific history and discoveries along the way to make it even more than just a GPS book. It should be inspiring to anyone with an interest in science and technology. The Sherlock Holmes story adds to the flavor of the book. As another brillant detective (and reviewer) deduced, the author's native language is not English and thus they are many grammatical errors but this does not take away much from the technical value of this book. As a GPS navigation systems engineer, I would highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in how GPS really works.

I checked the book's accompanying web site ALLGPS.com before I bought it. If a reader is looking for good examples of the fundamental sciences, modern technologies and GPS resources, I think this is it. The other reviews also acknowledge it is the first rate in GPS. While it is a good idea to suggest a surrogate writer, I can not see this easy and fun GPS entry level booklet may cause any upset. English, being the language of the world, is a means of communication, not for rhetoric only. As a decent teacher and fair critic, I'd like to say this book is very helpful to my science class.

This book is an easy read - however, it reads like it was first written in some other language, then translated to english. Lots of good factual information about how GPS works, but I just can't get over the poor grammar. One of the reasons I bought the book is it says Gen Abrahamson was a reviewer. Given the poor grammar, etc., I seriously doubt that Gen Abe read this, much less made any comments about it. It would not have passed his test.

I recently purchased the "GPS Primer: Sherlock Holmes' Guide to the Global Positioning System." I wondered if this book was a translation from another language because I have never seen such poor sentence structure, poor grammar, and a flagrant disregard for the published English language.

I admit that Huang's knowledge of the GPS system is first rate, but his book is an insult to anyone who appreciates good writing. As an educator, I would not permit this kind of writing from my eighth students.

Might I suggest that while Mr. Huang may have the knowledge, he should use a ghost writer that can do literary justice to the subject. Huang's job is to educate and not insult the reader.