The geek atlas : 128 places where science & technology come alive / John Graham-Cumming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham-Cumming, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic sites--Guidebooks.

Historic sites.

Science museums--Guidebooks.

Science museums.

Travel--Guidebooks.

Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

128 places where science & technology come alive

One hundred twenty eight places where science and technology come alive

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

000; Introduction; Australia; 001; Parkes Radio Telescope, Parkes, Australia; Austria; 002; Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria; Belgium; 003; Atomium, Brussels, Belgium; Canada; 004; Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada; Czech Republic; 005; Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic; Ecuador; 006; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; France; 007; Airbus, Toulouse, France; 008; The Arago Medallions, Paris, France; 009; Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France; 010; Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France; 011; Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; 012; The Jacquard Museum, Roubaix, France; 013; Le Panthéon, Paris, France; 014

Millau Viaduct, Millau, France015; Musée Curie, Paris, France; 016; Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France; 017; Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France; 018; The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France; Germany; 019; Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany; 020; Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde, Germany; 021; Röntgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany; 022; Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany; 023; The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany; India; 024; Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India; Ireland; 025; Broom Bridge, Dublin, Ireland; Italy; 026; Tempio Voltiano, Como, Italy; Japan; 027

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe, Japan028; Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; Netherlands; 029; The Escher Museum, The Hague, Netherlands; Serbia; 030; Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia; Spain; 031; Solúcar PS10 Power Station, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain; Switzerland; 032; CERN, Geneva, Switzerland; 033; Historisches Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Taiwan; 034; Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan; UK; 035; 14 India Street, Edinburgh, Scotland; 036; Air Defence Radar Museum, RAF Neatishead, England; 037; Albury Church, Albury, England; 038; Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, London, England; 039

Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England052; Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Kelvedon Hatch, England; 053; Kempton Park Waterworks, Kempton Park, England; 054; Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England; 055; Manchester Science Walk, Manchester, England; 056; Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, England; 057; Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland; 058; National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, England; 059; National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland; 060; National Railway Museum, York, England; 061; Natural History Museum, London, England; 062; Poldhu, Cornwall, England; 063

Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, England

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596802257

0596802250

9781306814560

1306814561

9780596551278

0596551274

9780596555627

0596555628

OCLC:

609841165