description: A visually stunning and conceptually explosive report from the frontiers of mapmaking. Ranging from the mapping of the ocean floor to the scanning of remote galaxies, from portraits of subatomic collisions to an unprecedented view of the mathematical constant "pi, " this work makes the theoretical compellingly concrete, even as it reminds us that the world is far more vast than we ever dreamed. Photographs throughout.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Mapping the Next Millennium
titlecomplete: Mapping the Next Millennium
genres: Nonfiction, Science, Geography
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Random House Value Publishing