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01 Dec 2016 Margaret Harris
Taken from the December 2016 issue of Physics World

Margaret Harris reviews Pinpoint: How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds by Greg Milner

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What has the US military ever done for us? While it is possible to respond to this question in a num

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