The Geek Atlas. 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive - Helion

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Autor: John Graham-Cumming
ISBN: 978-05-965-5562-7
stron: 544, Format: ebook
Data wydania: 2009-05-21
Księgarnia: Helion

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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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Spis treści

The Geek Atlas. 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive eBook -- spis treści

Introduction
Australia
- Parkes Radio Telescope, Parkes, Australia
Austria
- Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria
Belgium
- Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
Canada
- Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Czech Republic
- Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
Ecuador
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
France
- Airbus, Toulouse, France
- The Arago Medallions, Paris, France
- Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France
- Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France
- Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- The Jacquard Museum, Roubaix, France
- Le Panthéon, Paris, France
- Millau Viaduct, Millau, France
- Musée Curie, Paris, France
- Musée de lAir et de lEspace, Le Bourget, France
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
- The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Germany
- Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
- Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde, Germany
- Röntgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany
- Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany
- The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany
India
- Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
Ireland
- Broom Bridge, Dublin, Ireland
Italy
- Tempio Voltiano, Como, Italy
Japan
- Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe, Japan
- Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
Netherlands
- The Escher Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
Serbia
- Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
Spain
- Solúcar PS10 Power Station, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain
Switzerland
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- Historisches Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Taiwan
- Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
UK
- 14 India Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Air Defence Radar Museum, RAF Neatishead, England
- Albury Church, Albury, England
- Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, London, England
- Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich, England
- Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England
- British Airways Flight Training, Hounslow, England
- Bunhill Fields Cemetery, London, England
- Down House, Downe, England
- Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley, England
- Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, England
- Farnborough Air Sciences Museum, Farnborough, England
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England
- Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Goonhilly, England
- Greenwich, London, England
- Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-the-Solent, England
- Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England
- Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Kelvedon Hatch, England
- Kempton Park Waterworks, Kempton Park, England
- Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England
- Manchester Science Walk, Manchester, England
- Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, England
- Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
- National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, England
- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
- National Railway Museum, York, England
- Natural History Museum, London, England
- Poldhu, Cornwall, England
- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, England
- Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Museum, London, England
- Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, England
- Sackville Street Gardens, Manchester, England
- Sound Mirrors, Dungeness, England
- SS Great Britain, Bristol, England
- The Apple Tree, Trinity College, Cambridge, England
- The Brunel Museum, London, England
- The Eagle Pub, Cambridge, England
- The Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland
- The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
- The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge, England
- The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, England
- The Science Museum, Swindon, England
- The Science Museum, London, England
- Thinktank, Birmingham, England
- Westminster Abbey, London, England
Ukraine
- Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
U.S.
- Alaska
  - Aurora Borealis, Fairbanks, AK
  - Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visitor Center, Fox, AK
- Arizona
  - Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, AZ
- California
  - 391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, CA
  - 844 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA
  - The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
  - Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Fort Irwin, CA
  - Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA
  - 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA
  - The HP Garage, Palo Alto, CA
- Connecticut
  - U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT
- District of Columbia
  - National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
  - National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
- Florida
  - Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL
- Hawaii
  - Kalaupapa National Historic Park, Molokai, HI
- Idaho
  - Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1, Arco, ID
- Illinois
  - Fermilab, Batavia, IL
- Massachusetts
  - MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
- Maryland
  - Gaithersburg International Latitude Observatory, Gaithersburg, MD
  - National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD
  - National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, MD
- Michigan
  - The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
- Missouri
  - Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO
- New Jersey
  - Horn Antenna, Holmdel, NJ
  - Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
- New Mexico
  - Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, NM
  - Very Large Array, Socorro, NM
  - White Sands Missile Range Museum, White Sands Missile Range, NM
- Nevada
  - Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV
  - Nevada Test Site, NV
  - Zero G, LasVegas, NV
- New York
  - Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY
  - John M. Mossman Lock Collection, New York, NY
  - Sagan Planet Walk, Ithaca, NY
- Ohio
  - Early Television Museum, Hillard, OH
  - NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
- Oregon
  - Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, OR
- Pennsylvania
  - Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, PA
- Puerto Rico
  - Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Tennessee
  - X-10 Graphite Reactor, Oak Ridge, TN
- Virginia
  - Kryptos Sculpture, Langley, VA
  - Shot Tower Historical State Park, Austinville, VA
- Washington
  - American Museum of Radio and Electricity, Bellingham, WA
  - Grand Coulee Dam, Coulee Dam, WA
- West Virginia
  - Reber Radio Telescope, Green Bank, WV
  - The Greenbrier, WhiteSulphur Springs, WV
Miscellaneous
- Magicicada Brood X, East Coast, U.S.
- Magnetic North Pole