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The Geek Atlas
John Graham Cumming
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Description for The Geek Atlas
Paperback. The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. This traveler's guide helps you learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred. Featuring photos and illustrations, it is organized geographically by country, complete with latitudes and longitudes for GPS devices. Num Pages: 542 pages, Illustrations maps,. BIC Classification: TBX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris, ponder a descendant of Newton's apple tree at Trinity College, Cambridge, and more. Each site in "The Geek Atlas" focuses on discoveries or inventions, and includes information about the people and the science behind them. Full of interesting photos and illustrations, the book is organized ... Read more
The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris, ponder a descendant of Newton's apple tree at Trinity College, Cambridge, and more. Each site in "The Geek Atlas" focuses on discoveries or inventions, and includes information about the people and the science behind them. Full of interesting photos and illustrations, the book is organized ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Number of Pages
542
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596523206
SKU
V9780596523206
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About John Graham Cumming
John Graham-Cumming is British, but he lives in France. He earned his degrees (BA and MA in Mathematics and Computation and a doctorate in Computer Security) from Oxford University. He has worked in the UK, California and New York. He is well known in anti-spam circles, and did the whole startup thing in Silicon Valley. He writes, blogs, speaks (via ... Read more
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