cover image Mapping the Next Millennium: How Computer-Driven Cartography Is Revolutionizing the Face of Science

Mapping the Next Millennium: How Computer-Driven Cartography Is Revolutionizing the Face of Science

Stephen S. Hall. Vintage Books USA, $18 (477pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74175-6

Considering the map as a tool of thought, Hall offers fluent science writing but overwhelms with a range of contemporary examples, from the far reaches of the universe to the landscape of the chromosome. Photos. (Apr.)