The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive (Paperback)

John Graham-Cumming

  • 出版商: O'Reilly
  • 出版日期: 2009-06-30
  • 定價: $990
  • 售價: 9.0$891
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 544
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0596523203
  • ISBN-13: 9780596523206
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商品描述

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.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

科學的歷史無處不在,只要你知道從哪裡開始尋找。這本獨特的旅遊指南將介紹世界各地的128個地點,這些地方曾經或正在進行科學、數學或技術的發現。你可以前往慕尼黑參觀世界上最大的科學博物館,觀賞巴黎的傅科摆锤擺動,思考劍橋大學的牛頓蘋果樹的後代,以及更多。《科技迷地圖》中的每個地點都聚焦於發現或發明,並包含有關人物和背後科學的資訊。這本書充滿有趣的照片和插圖,按國家(美國按州)地理位置進行組織,並提供GPS設備所需的緯度和經度。目的地包括:
- 英國的布萊奇利公園,破解恩尼格瑪密碼的地方
- 英格蘭曼徹斯特的艾倫·圖靈紀念碑
- 紐澤西州的角天線,證實了宇宙大爆炸理論
- 馬里蘭州福特·米德國家密碼博物館
- 新墨西哥州的三位一體試驗場,第一顆原子彈爆炸的地方
- 加利福尼亞州核基因研究所

這本書不會介紹乏味的三流博物館,或者只有一個俗氣牌匾寫著“X教授曾在此處睡過”。這本書中的每個地點都具有真正的科學、數學或技術價值,是能讓每個科技迷心跳加速的地方。計劃一次《科技迷地圖》之旅,並在旅途中發現屬於自己的發現吧。