Paperback • 2012 • English

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

Name: Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
SKU: 9781439167182
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ISBN: 9781439167182

By Ken Jennings

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About the book

Record-setting Jeopardy champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, "a literary gem" ( The Atlantic ) now available in paperback. Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointi...Show more

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ISBN

9781439167182

Publisher

Scribner Book Company

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

Format

Paperback

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