Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
by:
Ken Jennings (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781439167199 (1439167192)
Publish date: September 20th 2011
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
History,
Book Club,
Science,
Geography,
Cartography,
Maps
Not nearly weird enough. Jennings talks to various map enthusiasts, from geocachers to Geography Bee contestants to antique map collectors, and they all turn out to be pretty normal people who like maps a lot. Ok. There are some interesting tidbits of map and geography trivia scattered around, but m...
Why pay for a map that's wrong? Some of it is sheer novelty value: a map where California is floating in the middle of the Pacific makes a great conversation piece in an L.A. living room. But it's also a charming memento of human ignorance and imperfection. It reminds us that maps are never complete...
It's about, well, maps. And a little about the history of cartography. And the geography bee. And Jennings's childhood. If you thought one of the best aspects of Dungeons & Dragons was creating the terrain on hex paper, you'll enjoy this. I was shocked to discover one day that my recently-purchased ...
Very enjoyable for a maphead like me. It's really a series of discussions of the different ways in which mapheadedness manifests -- from a simple love of reading maps to orienteering, geocaching, and the Degree Confluence Project to creative map making. Jennings writing style is a little like a hi...
I found this book great reading! Entertaining, funny, and just right for dipping into on and off. I'm sad it's over. I loved the description of geocaching, and I'm tempted to tru that myself, perhaps a few of the easier ones, since I don't get around as well as once I did. Turning the world into a p...
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