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Graham-Cumming J. the Geek Atlas (O`Reilly, 2009)(ISBN GA_Title.pdf 5/1/09 9:50:51 AM GA_Title.pdf 5/1/09 9:50:51 AM Beijing · Cambridge · Farnham · Köln · Sebastopol · Taipei · Tokyo The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science & Technology Come Alive by John Graham-Cumming Copyright © 2009 John Graham-Cumming. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (my.safaribooksonline.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or [email protected]. 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ISBN: 978-0-596-52320-6 [M] Contents 000 Introduction .............................. xi Australia 001 Parkes Radio Telescope, Parkes, Australia .............. 1 Austria 002 Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria ................... 5 Belgium 003 Atomium, Brussels, Belgium ..................... 8 Canada 004 Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada .................... 12 Czech Republic 005 Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic ........ 15 Ecuador 006 Galápagos Islands, Ecuador ...................... 19 France 007 Airbus, Toulouse, France ....................... 23 008 The Arago Medallions, Paris, France ................. 26 009 Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France ................... 31 010 Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France ............... 34 011 Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ..................... 37 012 The Jacquard Museum, Roubaix, France ............... 40 iii 013 Le Panthéon, Paris, France ...................... 43 014 Millau Viaduct, Millau, France .................... 47 015 Musée Curie, Paris, France ...................... 50 016 Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Le Bourget, France .......... 54 017 Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France ............... 58 018 The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France .................... 62 Germany 019 Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany ............... 65 020 Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde, Germany ........................ 70 021 Röntgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany .............. 74 022 Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany ................. 78 023 The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany ............. 83 India 024 Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India ...................... 87 Ireland 025 Broom Bridge, Dublin, Ireland .................... 91 Italy 026 Tempio Voltiano, Como, Italy ..................... 95 Japan 027 Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe, Japan ................. 98 028 Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan ....................... 102 Netherlands 029 The Escher Museum, The Hague, Netherlands .......... 105 Serbia 030 Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia .................. 108 iv | The Geek Atlas Spain 031 Solúcar PS10 Power Station, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain ...... 112 Switzerland 032 CERN, Geneva, Switzerland ..................... 116 033 Historisches Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland .......... 120 Taiwan 034 Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan ...................... 124 UK 035 14 India Street, Edinburgh, Scotland ............... 128 036 Air Defence Radar Museum, RAF Neatishead, England...... 133 037 Albury Church, Albury, England .................. 137 038 Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, London, England ... 142 039 Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich, England ............. 145 040 Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England ................. 148 041 British Airways Flight Training, Hounslow, England ....... 153 042 Bunhill Fields Cemetery, London, England ............ 158 043 Down House, Downe, England ................... 162 044 Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley, England ........... 165 045 Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, England ............. 168 046 Farnborough Air Sciences Museum, Farnborough, England ... 171 047 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England ......... 175 048 Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Goonhilly, England ...... 181 049 Greenwich, London, England .................... 185 050 Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-the-Solent, England ........ 188 051 Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England ........... 191 052 Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Kelvedon Hatch, England ... 195 053 Kempton Park Waterworks, Kempton Park, England ....... 199 054 Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England ................. 202 055 Manchester Science Walk, Manchester, England ......... 206 056 Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, England ....... 209 057 Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland .............. 212 Contents | v 058 National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, England....... 216 059 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland ....... 220 060 National Railway Museum, York, England ............. 223 061 Natural History Museum, London, England ............ 227 062 Poldhu, Cornwall, England ..................... 231 063 Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, England ...... 235 064 Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Museum, London, England ........................... 239 065 Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, England ........ 243 066 Sackville Street Gardens, Manchester, England .......... 247 067 Sound Mirrors, Dungeness, England ................ 251 068 SS Great Britain, Bristol, England ................. 255 069 The Apple Tree, Trinity College, Cambridge, England ....... 259 070 The Brunel Museum, London, England .............. 264 071 The Eagle Pub, Cambridge, England ................ 267 072 The Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland ................ 271 073 The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland............ 275 074 The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge, England ............... 280 075 The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, England ..... 283 076 The Science Museum, Swindon, England ............. 288 077 The Science Museum, London, England .............. 292 078 Thinktank, Birmingham, England ................. 297 079 Westminster Abbey, London, England ............... 302 Ukraine 080 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine................. 307 U.S. Alaska 081 Aurora Borealis, Fairbanks, AK ................... 310 082 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visitor Center, Fox, AK ........... 315 Arizona 083 Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, AZ ............... 319 vi | The Geek Atlas California 084 391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, CA ............ 323 085 844 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA ............... 327 086 The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA ....... 331 087 Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Fort Irwin, CA ............................ 337 088 Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA ............. 342 089 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA ................... 346 090 The HP Garage, Palo Alto, CA .................... 350 Connecticut 091 U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT ......... 354 District of Columbia 092 National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC ........ 358 093 National Museum of American History, Washington, DC ..... 362 Florida 094 Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL ............. 366 Hawaii 095 Kalaupapa National Historic Park, Molokai, HI .......... 370 Idaho 096 Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1, Arco, ID ........... 374 Illinois 097 Fermilab, Batavia, IL ......................... 379 Massachusetts 098 MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA ................... 383 Maryland 099 Gaithersburg International Latitude Observatory, Gaithersburg, MD .......................... 387 100 National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD .......... 391 101 National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, MD ......... 395 Michigan 102 The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI ................... 401 Contents | vii Missouri 103 Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO .................... 406 New Jersey 104 Horn Antenna, Holmdel, NJ ..................... 411 105 Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ ............ 414 New Mexico 106 Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, NM ......... 418 107 Very Large Array, Socorro, NM ................... 422 108 White Sands Missile Range Museum, White Sands Missile Range, NM .................. 426 Nevada 109 Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV .............. 430 110 Nevada Test Site, NV ......................... 433 111 Zero G, Las Vegas, NV ........................ 438 New York 112 Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY .......... 441 113 John M. Mossman Lock Collection, New York, NY ......... 444 114 Sagan Planet Walk, Ithaca, NY ................... 446 Ohio 115 Early Television Museum, Hillard, OH ............... 450 116
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