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At age 7, while friends obsessed over heman and knight rider, the author succumbed to the names and shapes of remote places and began collecting atlases. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks ebook written by ken jennings. Maphead by ken jennings author ken jennings, the noted jeopardy winner, writes in a lighthearted yet serious vein about maps and geography. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is kens followup to his 2005 bestseller brainiac. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, scribner, new york, london, toronto, sydney, new delhi, 2011, 295 pp. Ken jennings, the recordsetting jeopardy champion, has written a book just for you. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is kens followup. Publication date 2011 topics maps, cartography publisher scribner collection. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks and is an engaging book that will interest anyone who answered yes to the above questions. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by former game show contestant ken jennings.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read maphead. It covers the world of map collecting, geocaching, road sign obsessive roadgeeks, national geography bee and nerdy world of fake mapmakers. Amazon best books of the month, september 2011 ken jennings, best known for his epic winning streak on jeopardy. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Ive always liked maps and globes, but ive never been obsessed with them, nor am i particularly knowledgeable about geography, and i cant deny that my.
Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. Among the actual maps that jennings mentions are these click images to zoom. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings, scribner, new york, london, toronto, sydney, new delhi. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is ken s followup to his 2005 bestseller brainiac. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, jennings chronicles his lifelong cartographic obsession. Ken jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the london map fair to the bowels of the library of congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the national geographic bee to the computer. Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity, nationality, net worth, height married biography who is ken jennings.
In chapter six ken jennings focuses on the part maps play in literature, specifically fantasy literature. He draws conclusions that there is fine line between what we today would call a real map like you might find in glove compartment of a car and a. Ken jennings grew up in seoul, south korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz. Ken jennings books list of books by author ken jennings. Ken jennings is an american game show contestant, computer scientist, and author who is best known for winning u. In autobiographical chapters he tells of his early interest in maps and considers the type of people who are drawn to maps pardon the pun. In 2004, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the.
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