Pinpoint

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Greg Milner, Milner Greg
• Verlag: Norton and Co Ltd
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2017
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein
• EAN: 9780393354362
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35436-2
• Themen: Navigation, Signal, death, Tracking, Map, Military, Mapping, GIS, Garmin, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, receiver, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing, GNSS, Precision Agriculture, wayfinding, Satellites, Global Positioning System, polynesian, vlbi