Pinpoint : how GPS is changing technology, culture, and our minds / Greg Milner.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 316 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0393089126
- 9780393089127
- 910.285 23
- G109.5 .M55 2016
Contents:
Summary: "Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology--but is changing us in profound ways,"--Amazon.com.
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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 910.285 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A546901B |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology--but is changing us in profound ways,"--Amazon.com.
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