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-Kaiko 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;
