Table of Contents
Introduction; A Mind Forever Voyaging; Conventions Used in This Book; We'd Like to Hear from You; Safari® Books Online; Chapter 1: Parkes Radio Telescope, Parkes, Australia; 1.1 The Dish; 1.2 Practical Information; Chapter 2: Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria; 2.1 A Scientist Among the Composers; 2.2 Practical Information; Chapter 3: Atomium, Brussels, Belgium; 3.1 An Iron Crystal; 3.2 The Delta Allotrope of Iron; 3.3 Carbon Allotropes; 3.4 Practical Information; Chapter 4: Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada; 4.1 Alexander Graham Bell's Summer Home; 4.2 Practical Information; Chapter 5: Mendel Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic; 5.1 Ten Years of Observing Peas; 5.2 Practical Information; Chapter 6: Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; 6.1 The Second Voyage of the Beagle; 6.2 Practical Information; Chapter 7: Airbus, Toulouse, France; 7.1 The A380; 7.2 Practical Information; Chapter 8: The Arago Medallions, Paris, France; 8.1 François Arago and the Paris Meridian; 8.2 Practical Information; Chapter 9: Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France; 9.1 Pierre de Fermat; 9.2 Practical Information; Chapter 10: Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France; 10.1 The Final Home of Leonardo da Vinci; 10.2 Practical Information; Chapter 11: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; 11.1 The Founder of Immunology; 11.2 Practical Information; Chapter 12: The Jacquard Museum, Roubaix, France; 12.1 The Punched Card; 12.2 Practical Information; Chapter 13: Le Panthéon, Paris, France; 13.1 To the Great Men the Grateful Homeland; 13.2 Practical Information; Chapter 14: Millau Viaduct, Millau, France; 14.1 The World's Highest Road Bridge; 14.2 Practical Information; Chapter 15: Musée Curie, Paris, France; 15.1 Radium; 15.2 Practical Information; Chapter 16: Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France; 16.1 "Concorde Lives On, She Is Only Sleeping"; 16.2 Practical Information; Chapter 17: Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France; 17.1 Science Before and After the French Revolution; 17.2 Practical Information; Chapter 18: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France; 18.1 The Great Men of Science; 18.2 Practical Information; Chapter 19: Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany; 19.1 The German Museum of Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technology; 19.2 Practical Information; Chapter 20: Peenemünde Historical Technical Information Center, Peenemünde, Germany; 20.1 The Fieseler Fi 103 and the A-4; 20.2 Practical Information; Chapter 21: Röntgen Museum, Remscheid, Germany; 21.1 The Discovery of the X-Ray; 21.2 Practical Information; Chapter 22: Stadtfriedhof, Göttingen, Germany; 22.1 An Elephant's Graveyard; 22.2 Practical Information; Chapter 23: The Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany; 23.1 Movable Type; 23.2 Practical Information; Chapter 24: Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, India; 24.1 An Enormous Observatory in Stone; 24.2 Practical Information; Chapter 25: Broom Bridge, Dublin, Ireland; 25.1 Mathematical Equations As Urban Grafitti; 25.2 Practical Information; Chapter 26: Tempio Voltiano, Como, Italy; 26.1 A Temple to Alessandro Volta; 26.2 Practical Information; Chapter 27: Akashi-Kaikō Bridge, Kobe, Japan; 27.1 The World's Longest Suspension Bridge; 27.2 Practical Information; Chapter 28: Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; 28.1 Electric Town; 28.2 Practical Information; Chapter 29: The Escher Museum, The Hague, Netherlands; 29.1 The Escher Museum; 29.2 Practical Information; Chapter 30: Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia; 30.1 The Man Who Lit Up the World; 30.2 Practical Information; Chapter 31: Solúcar PS10 Power Station, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain; 31.1 The Tower of Power; 31.2 Practical Information; Chapter 32: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland; 32.1 High-Energy Physics; 32.2 Practical Information; Chapter 33: Historisches Museum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 33.1 Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis (Miracle Year); 33.2 Practical Information; Chapter 34: Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan; 34.1 The 660-Tonne Golden Ball; 34.2 Practical Information; Chapter 35: 14 India Street, Edinburgh, Scotland; 35.1 James Clerk Maxwell; 35.2 Practical Information; Chapter 36: Air Defence Radar Museum, RAF Neatishead, England; 36.1 It's Bigger Than You Think; 36.2 Practical Information; Chapter 37: Albury Church, Albury, England; 37.1 William Oughtred; 37.2 Practical Information; Chapter 38: Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, London, England; 38.1 Fleming's Cramped Laboratory; 38.2 Practical Information; Chapter 39: Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich, England; 39.1 A Hydraulic Boat Lift; 39.2 Practical Information; Chapter 40: Bletchley Park, Bletchley, England; 40.1 ULTRA; 40.2 Practical Information; Chapter 41: British Airways Flight Training, Hounslow, England; 41.1 As Close As You're Likely to Get; 41.2 Practical Information; Chapter 42: Bunhill Fields Cemetery, London, England; 42.1 The Non-conformists; 42.2 Practical Information; Chapter 43: Down House, Downe, England; 43.1 Charles Darwin's Home and Garden Laboratory; 43.2 Practical Information; Chapter 44: Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley, England; 44.1 From Variolation to Vaccination; 44.2 Practical Information; Chapter 45: Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, England; 45.1 129 Years of Steam; 45.2 Practical Information; Chapter 46: Farnborough Air Sciences Museum, Farnborough, England; 46.1 Making Aircraft Move; 46.2 Practical Information; Chapter 47: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England; 47.1 Stained-Glass Scientists; 47.2 Practical Information; Chapter 48: Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Goonhilly, England; 48.1 The "Arthur" Parabolic Dish; 48.2 Practical Information; Chapter 49: Greenwich, London, England; 49.1 Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum; 49.2 Practical Information; Chapter 50: Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-the-Solent, England; 50.1 The World's Biggest Collection of Air-Cushion Vehicles; 50.2 Practical Information; Chapter 51: Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, England; 51.1 The Big Ear; 51.2 Practical Information; Chapter 52: Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Kelvedon Hatch, England; 52.1 Three Months of Underground Autonomy; 52.2 Practical Information; Chapter 53: Kempton Park Waterworks, Kempton Park, England; 53.1 Triple Expansion Steam Power; 53.2 Practical Information; Chapter 54: Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England; 54.1 William Henry Fox Talbot; 54.2 Practical Information; Chapter 55: Manchester Science Walk, Manchester, England; 55.1 The Atomic Theory; 55.2 Practical Information; Chapter 56: Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, England; 56.1 A Hidden Oxford Treasure; 56.2 Practical Information; Chapter 57: Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland; 57.1 John Napier and Napier's Bones; 57.2 Practical Information; Chapter 58: National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, England; 58.1 Colossus; 58.2 Practical Information; Chapter 59: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland; 59.1 Dolly the Sheep; 59.2 Practical Information; Chapter 60: National Railway Museum, York, England; 60.1 Chariots of Fire; 60.2 Practical Information; Chapter 61: Natural History Museum, London, England; 61.1 The Stuffed Museum; 61.2 Practical Information; Chapter 62: Poldhu, Cornwall, England; 62.1 The First Transatlantic Radio Transmission; 62.2 Practical Information; Chapter 63: Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, England; 63.1 Nerve Center of the Empire; 63.2 Practical Information; Chapter 64: Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Museum, London, England; 64.1 Surgery Laid Bare; 64.2 Practical Information; Chapter 65: Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, England; 65.1 Practical Information; Chapter 66: Sackville Street Gardens, Manchester, England; 66.1 "IEKYF ROMSI ADXUO KVKZC GUBJ"; 66.2 Practical Information; Chapter 67: Sound Mirrors, Dungeness, England; 67.1 Echoes from the Sky; 67.2 Practical Information; Chapter 68: SS Great Britain, Bristol, England; 68.1 Iron Hulled and Propeller Powered; 68.2 Practical Information; Chapter 69: The Apple Tree, Trinity College, Cambridge, England; 69.1 The System of the World; 69.2 Practical Information; Chapter 70: The Brunel Museum, London, England; 70.1 The Thames Tunnel; 70.2 Practical Information; Chapter 71: The Eagle Pub, Cambridge, England; 71.1 "We Have Found the Secret of Life"; 71.2 Practical Information; Chapter 72: The Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland; 72.1 Raising and Lowering Canal Boats Using Just 1.5 Kilowatts; 72.2 Practical Information; Chapter 73: The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland; 73.1 William Hunter and Lord Kelvin; 73.2 Practical Information; Chapter 74: The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge, England; 74.1 Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution; 74.2 Practical Information; Chapter 75: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, England; 75.1 Furthering the Public Understanding of Science; 75.2 Practical Information; Chapter 76: The Science Museum, Swindon, England; 76.1 The Little-Known Outpost; 76.2 Practical Information; Chapter 77: The Science Museum, London, England; 77.1 A National Treasure; 77.2 Practical Information; Chapter 78: Thinktank, Birmingham, England; 78.1 The Smethwick Engine; 78.2 Practical Information; Chapter 79: Westminster Abbey, London, England; 79.1 The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster; 79.2 Practical Information; Chapter 80: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine; 80.1 Aftermath of the Chernobyl Disaster; 80.2 Practical Information; Chapter 81: Aurora Borealis, Fairbanks, AK; 81.1 The Northern Lights; 81.2 Practical Information; Chapter 82: Trans-Alaska Pipeline Visitor Center, Fox, AK; 82.1 TAPS; 82.2 Practical Information; Chapter 83: Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, AZ; 83.1 "Skybird, this is Dropkick with a red dash alpha message"; 83.2 Practical Information; Chapter 84: 391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, CA; 84.1 Shockley Semiconductor; 84.2 Practical Information; Chapter 85: 844 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA; 85.1 Fairchild and the Fairchildren; 85.2 Practical Information; Chapter 86: The Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA; 86.1 Silicon Valley's Finest; 86.2 Practical Information; Chapter 87: Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Fort Irwin, CA; 87.1 Apollo Valley; 87.2 Practical Information; Chapter 88: Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA; 88.1 Gattaca; 88.2 Practical Information; Chapter 89: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA; 89.1 Visiting the Mothership; 89.2 Practical Information; Chapter 90: The HP Garage, Palo Alto, CA; 90.1 367 Addison Avenue; 90.2 Practical Information; Chapter 91: U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT; 91.1 "Underway on Nuclear Power"; 91.2 Practical Information; Chapter 92: National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC; 92.1 The Best Air and Space Museum in the World; 92.2 Practical Information; Chapter 93: National Museum of American History, Washington, DC; 93.1 The Collections; 93.2 Practical Information; Chapter 94: Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL; 94.1 Not the Magic Kingdom; 94.2 Practical Information; Chapter 95: Kalaupapa National Historic Park, Molokai, HI; 95.1 The Leper Colony; 95.2 Practical Information; Chapter 96: Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1, Arco, ID; 96.1 The First Nuclear Power; 96.2 Nuclear Aircraft Engines; 96.3 Practical Information; Chapter 97: Fermilab, Batavia, IL; 97.1 The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; 97.2 Practical Information; Chapter 98: MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA; 98.1 Ideas in the Making; 98.2 Practical Information; Chapter 99: Gaithersburg International Latitude Observatory, Gaithersburg, MD; 99.1 An Innocuous White Building; 99.2 Practical Information; Chapter 100: National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD; 100.1 Electronic Defense and Countermeasures; 100.2 Practical Information; Chapter 101: National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, MD; 101.1 Looking Backward at the NSA; 101.2 Practical Information; Chapter 102: The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI; 102.1 "America's Greatest History Attraction"; 102.2 Practical Information; Chapter 103: Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO; 103.1 Gateway to the West; 103.2 Practical Information; Chapter 104: Horn Antenna, Holmdel, NJ; 104.1 Evidence for the Big Bang; 104.2 Practical Information; Chapter 105: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ; 105.1 "Small and Plastic"; 105.2 Practical Information; Chapter 106: Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, NM; 106.1 July 16, 1945; 106.2 Practical Information; Chapter 107: Very Large Array, Socorro, NM; 107.1 A Virtual Antenna; 107.2 Practical Information; Chapter 108: White Sands Missile Range Museum, White Sands Missile Range, NM; 108.1 Operation Paperclip; 108.2 Practical Information; Chapter 109: Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV; 109.1 History of the Nevada Test Site; 109.2 Practical Information; Chapter 110: Nevada Test Site, NV; 110.1 1,021 Explosions; 110.2 Practical Information; Chapter 111: Zero G, LasVegas, NV; 111.1 Not the Vomit Comet; 111.2 Practical Information; Chapter 112: Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY; 112.1 The Lesser-Known Aviator and Fastest Man on Earth; 112.2 Practical Information; Chapter 113: John M. Mossman Lock Collection, New York, NY; 113.1 Where the Tourists Aren't; 113.2 Practical Information; Chapter 114: Sagan Planet Walk, Ithaca, NY; 114.1 The Sciencenter; 114.2 Practical Information; Chapter 115: Early Television Museum, Hillard, OH; 115.1 What's In, Not On, the Box; 115.2 Practical Information; Chapter 116: NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH; 116.1 Little-Known NASA; 116.2 Practical Information; Chapter 117: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, OR; 117.1 The Spruce Goose; 117.2 Practical Information; Chapter 118: Joseph Priestley House, Northumberland, PA; 118.1 Oxygen, Soda Water, and More; 118.2 Practical Information; Chapter 119: Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico; 119.1 The Biggest Dish; 119.2 Practical Information; Chapter 120: X-10 Graphite Reactor, Oak Ridge, TN; 120.1 The World's First Viable Nuclear Reactor; 120.2 Practical Information; Chapter 121: Kryptos Sculpture, Langley, VA; 121.1 An Unbroken Code; 121.2 Practical Information; Chapter 122: Shot Tower Historical State Park, Austinville, VA; 122.1 The Science of the Simple; 122.2 Practical Information; Chapter 123: American Museum of Radio and Electricity, Bellingham, WA; 123.1 CQD; 123.2 Practical Information; Chapter 124: Grand Coulee Dam, Coulee Dam, WA; 124.1 The Largest Hydroelectric Plant in North America; 124.2 Practical Information; Chapter 125: Reber Radio Telescope, Green Bank, WV; 125.1 The Homemade Telescope; 125.2 Practical Information; Chapter 126: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV; 126.1 The VIP Bunker; 126.2 Practical Information; Chapter 127: Magicicada Brood X, East Coast, U.S.; 127.1 2021, 2038, 2055, ...; 127.2 Practical Information; Chapter 128: Magnetic North Pole; 128.1 Somewhere in Canada; 128.2 Practical Information; Acknowledgments; Colophon;