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You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
Hiawatha Bray
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Description for You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTP; PDX; RGR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS,and the consequent decline of privacyWhat does it mean to never get lost? You Are Here examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience,or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times. In a sweeping history of the development of location technology in the past century, Bray shows how radio signals created to carry telegraph messages were transformed into invisible beacons to guide ships and how a set of rapidly-spinning wheels steered submarines beneath the polar ice cap. ... Read more
The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS,and the consequent decline of privacyWhat does it mean to never get lost? You Are Here examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience,or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times. In a sweeping history of the development of location technology in the past century, Bray shows how radio signals created to carry telegraph messages were transformed into invisible beacons to guide ships and how a set of rapidly-spinning wheels steered submarines beneath the polar ice cap. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465032853
SKU
V9780465032853
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Hiawatha Bray
Hiawatha Bray is a technology reporter for the Boston Globe, where he has been on staff since 1995. He has also written for Wired, Black Enterprise, Fast Company and Christianity Today. Bray lives in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Reviews for You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
"A superlative choice for technology buffs who want a historical perspective on location and navigation technologies."
Library Journal "[A] breezy history of our ever-dwindling ability to lose our way."
Wall Street Journal "Bray provides an entertaining account of how our ancestors learned to find their way around their neighborhood, then around a larger area, then around the world."
Roanoke Times ... Read more
Library Journal "[A] breezy history of our ever-dwindling ability to lose our way."
Wall Street Journal "Bray provides an entertaining account of how our ancestors learned to find their way around their neighborhood, then around a larger area, then around the world."
Roanoke Times ... Read more