You Are Here : From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves
Maker and role
Hiawatha Bray, Author
Production date
2014
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Accession number
PUB-2022-646
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Description
"In You are Here, award winning journalist Hiawatha Bray examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience - or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times." - Book jacket
Contents
Introduction -- 1. The hard way -- 2. The new wave -- 3.Out for a spin -- 4.In transit -- 5. Found in space -- 6. The accidental navigators -- 7. Long shots -- 8.A map of one's own -- 9. Checking in -- 10.On the spot -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index
Contents
Introduction -- 1. The hard way -- 2. The new wave -- 3.Out for a spin -- 4.In transit -- 5. Found in space -- 6. The accidental navigators -- 7. Long shots -- 8.A map of one's own -- 9. Checking in -- 10.On the spot -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index
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Pencil Hand-written
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Physical description
xiii, 258 pages ; 25cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780465032853
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Hiawatha Bray. 2014. You Are Here : From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves, PUB-2022-646. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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