WNDSN goes Kindle
BERLIN, 2024-01-22 -- WNDSN books are finally available as Kindle ebooks. The fundamental tome of WNDSN knowledge, the 5th edition of the Grimoire Quadrantis Telemetrum (GQT5) is now available as an ebook for Kindle and similar readers.
An ebook is essentially one long continuous HTML page that is dynamically shown and flown in user-defined fonts and font sizes. This mechanism is perfect for long-form, linear reads, but makes non-linear material -- where the reader would have to jump back and forth, between footnotes, the indexed glossary, as well as the multiple tables of content -- rather exhausting. Another issue is that HTML is not very well suited for formulas, and GQT has quite a few of these, beautifully typeset in LaTeX, which was specifically developed for typesetting scientific formulas and related materials.
Now WNDSN came up with a solution, which is to replicate the book pages in their familiar layout and numbering, with formulas, footnotes, etc., as is, similar to how comic book pages are treated in ebooks in what is technically called a "Print Replica" format.
The result is as beautiful as the real book with maybe the caveat that the font sizes are not adjustable. Perfect for Kindle readers, tablets, and larger screens, harder possibly for the smallest devices.
The English language Kindle ebooks are available at:
- Abridged Wndsn Quadrant Telemeters: Official Time & Space Manual (GQT5)
Abridged edition, user manual. - Description and Explanation of the Sine Quadrant
Excerpt from GQT5, contains the astronomy part and the material on the Sine Quadrant. - Description of the WNDSN NATO-MIL Quadrant Telemeter Field Manual
Same as the print edition.
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About WNDSN
Based in Berlin, WNDSN's Applied Science Lab develops and manufactures low-tech, high-utility tools and instruments with the objective of providing or enhancing "that, which can’t be improvised" in low-probability, high-impact scenarios where it is most needed, yet usually unavailable or non-permissive. The resulting products are measurement, calculation, and exploration instruments informed by the motto "Ex Mensura, Scientia" -- knowledge from measurement.
Mission
WNDSN [ˈwɪndsən] provides knowledge and tools for educating and training professionals and enthusiasts in the mastery of time and space.
WNDSN is devising instruments to measure values in the real world, calculate meaningful results from the acquired data, and process the insights as input for various problem solving tasks.
Products
WNDSN produces archival quality products that are designed with intent by combining techniques proven over centuries, bringing together the early history of science with cutting-edge, contemporary methods, resulting in iconic, timeless, high-utility designs in the spirit of the Renaissance.
WNDSN creates custom-built instruments and multi-purpose tools, metrology and illumination solutions with applications in urban reconnaissance, hostile theaters, disaster areas, and outdoor exploration.