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Can I read You Are Here : From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves on EtoBox?
You Are Here : From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves by Hiawatha Bray is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is You Are Here : From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves about?
Provides an overview of the development of technologies that eventually led to the modern era of knowing where you are at every moment, from radio signals that carried telegraph messages, to invisible ship-guiding beacons, to GPS. 17,500 first printing.
Who reads You Are Here : From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hiawatha Bray
- Publisher
- Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465032853
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Engineering, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.58 / 5 (165 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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