Ken jennings responded to questions from members of the audience at eliot bay book company in seattle as well as giving them a geography quizz. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is ken s followup to his 2005 bestseller brainiac. Recordsetting jeopardy champion and new york times bestselling author ken jennings explores the world of maps and map. Jennings is a very witty, insightful writer and has written an entertaining and. Some of his books include brainiac, which talks about the obsession with trivia in america, ken jenningss trivia almanac, which is the biggest trivia book ever assembled in. Jun 04, 2018 seattle author and jeopardy champion par excellence ken jennings has taken to writing books that reflect his wideranging knowledge. Frankly, ken jennings, although a wiz at knowing every obscure worldly fact, is not a writer. Much as brainiac offered a behindthescenes look at the littleknown demimonde of competitive trivia buffs, maphead finally gives equal time to that other downtrodden underclass. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by ken jennings in djvu, epub, fb2 download ebook. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere. Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity, nationality, net worth, height married biography who is ken jennings.
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Ken jennings was a map nerd from a young age himself, you will not be. Maphead locates geography buffs fresh air september 21, 2011 former 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. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is a love letter to the maps ken was obsessed with as a child. Sadly though i couldnt make it past a few chapters of this book. Traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, without expectations. Maphead charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks book. Sam kean, author of the disappearing spoon jennings is a very witty, insightful writer and has written an entertaining and educational book about maps and the geeks who obsess over them.
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