HEADING abroad? Don’t forget The Geek Atlas. It will tell you if you’ll be staying near a slice of Charles Babbage‘s brain (London), a suspended from the upper floors of a skyscraper (Taipei, Taiwan), the best place to buy a robotic toilet seat (Tokyo, Japan), or any of the 125 other places of scientific or technological wonder it features.
Nothing is too small (Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mould) or big (the Galapagos islands). Each entry has a short description, practical visiting information and an explanation of a scientific concept associated with the place. A delightful…
