Pinpoint

How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds

Greg Milner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2017
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35436-2 (ISBN)

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"One of the most mesmerizing and exhilarating, yet alarming modern technology books…an extraordinary tale." —Gillian Tett, Financial Times

Pinpoint tells the fascinating story of a hidden system that touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Tracking the development of GPS from its origins as a bomb guidance system to its present ubiquity, Greg Milner examines the technology’s double-edged effect on the way we live, work, and travel. Savvy and original, this sweeping scientific history offers startling insight into how humans understand their place in the world.

Greg Milner is the author of Pinpoint and Perfecting Sound Forever, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His writing has appeared in Wired, New York, Slate, Village Voice, Salon, Spin, and Rolling Stone. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.05.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 211 mm
Gewicht	275 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	0-393-35436-9 / 0393354369
ISBN-13	978-0-393-35436-2 / 9780393354362
Zustand	Neuware