The Geek Atlas
128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 geographically by country (by state within the U.S.), complete with latitudes and longitudes for GPS devices.
Destinations include:
Bletchley Park in the UK, where the Enigma code was broken
The Alan Turing Memorial in Manchester, England
The Horn Antenna in New Jersey, where the Big Bang theory was confirmed
The National Cryptologic Museum in Fort Meade, Maryland
The Trinity Test Site in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was exploded
The Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, California
You won't find tedious, third-rate museums, or a tacky plaque stuck to a wall stating that "Professor X slept here." Every site in this book has real scientific, mathematical, or technological interest -- places guaranteed to make every geek's heart pound a little faster. Plan a trip with The Geek Atlas and make your own discoveries along the way.
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From the contents:Chapter 1 Parkes Radio Telescope, Parkes, Australia
The Dish
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Chapter 2 Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria
A Scientist Among the Composers
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Chapter 3 Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
An Iron Crystal
The Delta Allotrope of Iron
Carbon Allotropes
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Chapter 4 Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Alexander Graham Bell's Summer Home
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Chapter 5 Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
Ten Years of Observing Peas
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Chapter 6 Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
The Second Voyage of the Beagle
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Chapter 7 Airbus, Toulouse, France
The A380
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Chapter 8 The Arago Medallions, Paris, France
François Arago and the Paris Meridian
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Chapter 9 Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France
Pierre de Fermat
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Chapter 10 Ch
teau du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France
The Final Home of Leonardo da Vinci
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Chapter 11 Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
The Founder of Immunology
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Chapter 12 The Jacquard Museum, Roubaix, France
The Punched Card
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Chapter 13 Le Panthéon, Paris, France
To the Great Men the Grateful Homeland
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Chapter 14 Millau Viaduct, Millau, France
The World's Highest Road Bridge
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Chapter 15 Musée Curie, Paris, France
Radium
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Chapter 16 Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France
"Concorde Lives On, She Is Only Sleeping"
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Chapter 17 Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
Science Before and After the French Revolution
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Chapter 18 The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
The Great Men of Science
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Chapter 19 Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
The German Museum of
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Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technology
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Chapter 20 Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde,
Germany
The Fieseler Fi 103 and the A-4
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Chapter 21 Röntgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany
The Discovery of the X-Ray
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Chapter 22 Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany
An Elephant's Graveyard
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Chapter 23 The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany
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Chapter 24 Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
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Chapter 20 Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde,
Germany
The Fieseler Fi 103 and the A-4
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Chapter 21 Röntgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany
The Discovery of the X-Ray
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Chapter 22 Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany
An Elephant's Graveyard
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Chapter 23 The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany
Movable Type
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Chapter 24 Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
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Autoren-Porträt von John Graham-Cumming
John Graham-Cumming is a longtime GNU Make expert and the creator of the GNU Make Standard Library. He wrote the acclaimed POPFile email filter, co-founded Electric Cloud, Inc., and, in 2009, got the British government to apologize for mistreating Alan Turing. Graham-Cumming holds a doctorate in computer security from Oxford University and currently works at CloudFlare. He is the proud owner of a three-letter domain name where he hosts his web site: http://www.jgc.org.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Graham-Cumming
- 2009, 523 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 14 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: O'Reilly Media
- ISBN-10: 0596523203
- ISBN-13: 9780596523206
Sprache:
Englisch
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