An edition of The Geek Atlas
(2009)
The Geek Atlas
128 places where science & technology come alive
by John Graham-Cumming
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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. - Publisher.
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Parkes Radio Telescope, Parkes, Australia
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria
Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Airbus, Toulouse, France
The Arago Medallions, Paris, France
Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France
Château du Clos Luce, Amboise, France
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
The Jacquard Museum, Roubaix, France
Le Pantheon, Paris, France
Millau Viaduct, Millau, France
Musee Curie, Paris, France
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France
Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde, Germany
Rontgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany
Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany
The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India
Broom Bridge, Dublin, Ireland
Tempio Voltiano, Como, Italy
Akashi-Kaikō Bridge, Kobe, Japan
Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
The Escher Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
Solucar PS10 Power Station, Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Historisches Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
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
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