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The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler

By John S. Rigden , Roger H. Stuewer

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
2008
ISBN
376438932X, 9783764389321
Open Library ID
OL23871847M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15969503 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
252\252
Time added
2011-01-24 12:34:20

Description

Typical travel guides have sections on architecture, art, literature, music and cinema. Rarely are any science-related sites identified. For example, a current travel guide for Germany contains one tidbit on science: Einstein is identified as the most famous citizen of Ulm. By contrast, this travel guide walks a tourist through Berlin and identifies where Max Planck started the quantum revolution, where Einstein lived and gave his early talks on general relativity, and where, across the street, Einstein’s books were burned by the Nazis. Or, if you are walking in Paris, this guide tells you where radioactivity was discovered and where radium was discovered. Scientific discoveries of the past, like art of the past, have shaped life in the 21st century. From this travel guide, a tourist will learn what other guides leave out.

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