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Welcome to the home on the web of the book The Geek Atlas. It's the place geeks share their travel tips, stories, videos and more.
Read an excerpt or two, browse the table of contents or get a preview.
Welcome to the home on the web of the book The Geek Atlas. It's the place geeks share their travel tips, stories, videos and more.
Read an excerpt or two, browse the table of contents or get a preview.
Book Buzz
ZDNet UK says "The science is accurate, the places well-chosen, the writing clear and to the point. What's not to like?".
The Sunday Times travels the world with The Geek Atlas and was brave enough to include the science.
Slashdot.org gives The Geek Atlas a 10 out of 10 rating and says it's "A fascinating and enjoyable read."
A short film and article featuring me and The Geek Atlas from the BBC. Plus a review.
BlogCritics reviews The Geek Atlas and recommends it for a rainy Saturday afternoon's armchair traveling.
Forbes.com has an article I wrote with a slide show about The Geek Atlas.
PCWorld has a review and slide show of the book.
NewScientist says "Don't leave home without your guide to 128 places of scientific or technological wonder."
Wired/GeekDad's full review says The Geek Atlas is "incredibly informative, accessible, and challenging."
Epinions has a long review that says "You'd better believe it's Highly Recommended!"
The Times (of London) takes a tour around London with The Geek Atlas.
The Irish Times says that The Geek Atlas contains "scintillating geek destinations in 20 countries."
Dr Dobbs Code Talk says that the book is "an inspiring collection of 128 places around the world" and "compelling and well written."
Leo Laporte says The Geek Atlas is "really cool" and "a great idea", and "I love this stuff".
InfoWorld says "[The Geek Atlas] is a blast."
CNET calls The Geek Atlas "a compendium of locations of true worth in the history of science and tech breakthroughs" and "a fun summer read."
Steve Gibson of grc.com says The Geek Atlas is "SPECTACULAR."
Read all the reviews
The Sunday Times travels the world with The Geek Atlas and was brave enough to include the science.
Slashdot.org gives The Geek Atlas a 10 out of 10 rating and says it's "A fascinating and enjoyable read."
A short film and article featuring me and The Geek Atlas from the BBC. Plus a review.
BlogCritics reviews The Geek Atlas and recommends it for a rainy Saturday afternoon's armchair traveling.
Forbes.com has an article I wrote with a slide show about The Geek Atlas.
PCWorld has a review and slide show of the book.
NewScientist says "Don't leave home without your guide to 128 places of scientific or technological wonder."
Wired/GeekDad's full review says The Geek Atlas is "incredibly informative, accessible, and challenging."
Epinions has a long review that says "You'd better believe it's Highly Recommended!"
The Times (of London) takes a tour around London with The Geek Atlas.
The Irish Times says that The Geek Atlas contains "scintillating geek destinations in 20 countries."
Dr Dobbs Code Talk says that the book is "an inspiring collection of 128 places around the world" and "compelling and well written."
Leo Laporte says The Geek Atlas is "really cool" and "a great idea", and "I love this stuff".
InfoWorld says "[The Geek Atlas] is a blast."
CNET calls The Geek Atlas "a compendium of locations of true worth in the history of science and tech breakthroughs" and "a fun summer read."
Steve Gibson of grc.com says The Geek Atlas is "SPECTACULAR."
Read all the reviews
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Thames Tunnel at Rotherhithe, London
March 12, 2010 to March 13, 2010
Brunel's Thames Tunnel will be open to the public for just two days and then will be closed as it will revert to being a railway tunnel. It's the last chance to see the first tunnel under a body of water.
Blog Posts
Welcome to The Geek Atlas home page
Welcome!
I'm John Graham-Cumming, author of The Geek Atlas, and administrator of this web site. I've set up this site so that readers of the book can contribute their photos, videos, trip reports, and anything else they feel is interesting concerning the places in the book.
To help keep track of the connection between the book and this web site please follow two rules when adding stuff: use the Tags feature to tag what you are adding with the chapter number in the book. For example, EBR-1 in A… Continue
I'm John Graham-Cumming, author of The Geek Atlas, and administrator of this web site. I've set up this site so that readers of the book can contribute their photos, videos, trip reports, and anything else they feel is interesting concerning the places in the book.
To help keep track of the connection between the book and this web site please follow two rules when adding stuff: use the Tags feature to tag what you are adding with the chapter number in the book. For example, EBR-1 in A… Continue
Posted by John Graham-Cumming on May 15, 2009 at 11:08am
Photos
Author Blog
£1,000 for Bletchley Park thanks to The Geek Atlas
When The Geek Atlas was published in June 2009, O'Reilly's UK arm decided to pledge to donate 50p per copy sold in the UK to help fund Bletchley Park.O'Reilly has now made good on that pledge and with almost 2,000 copies of the book sold in the UK it has donated £1,000 to Bletchley Park.And the 50p per copy pledge continues. All copies of The Geek Atlas sold in the UK result in a 50p donation toGeek Weekend (Paris Edition), Day 4: Institut Pasteur
Leaving my SO in bed at the hotel with a nasty bacterial infection and some antibiotics, I went with timely irony to visit the home and laboratory of Louis Pasteur at the Institut Pasteur. (It's pretty easy to find since it has a conveniently named stop on the Paris metro: Pasteur).At the Institut Pasteur there's a wonderful museum that covers the life and work of Louis Pasteur (and his wife).Geek Weekend (Paris Edition), Day 3: The Arago Medallions
The old Paris Meridian (which was in use up until 1914) passes not far from The Pantheon which I visited to see Foucault's Pendulum. It's actual longitude today is 2°20′14.025″.To mark the old meridian the French decided to install some art work and they commissioned an artist called Jan Dibbets to build something appropriate. What he did was embed brass disks in the streets of Paris markingAbout
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