Pinpoint how GPS is changing technology, culture, and our minds
"Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology--but is changing us in profound ways,"--Amazon.com.
| Main Author: | Milner, Greg (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Whisper from Space
- Part I: Calculating Route
- 1. Tupaia Goes Home
- 2. The When and the Where
- 3. Global Reach, Global Power
- 4. Ranging the Perfect Beet
- Part II: You Have Arrived
- 5. Death by GPS
- 6. The Hornet's Nest
- 7. Better Living Through Tracking
- 8. Return from Mid-Ice
- 9. Tied Together (40.74375° N 73.9835° W)
- Epilogue: Direction Home
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index.