The Incidental Tourist
eBook - ePub

The Incidental Tourist

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Incidental Tourist

About this book

Join Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty on his extraordinary adventures around the globe.Doherty's dazzling schedule can leave his head spinning. So what happens when he lifts his gaze and asks: 'What the hell am I doing here?' Doherty has kept a journal about the far-flung destinations his work has taken him to for more than thirty years. His observations and discoveries in The Incidental Tourist make for perfect armchair travel.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Experiments, data and connections
  6. 1 The incidental tourist
  7. 2 Bugs in space
  8. 3 Italy, off the beaten track
  9. 4 Octopus on the beach
  10. 5 Aerial art deco
  11. 6 Retracing the knights
  12. 7 Vertical city
  13. 8 Beware the sparkler
  14. 9 The practiced traveller
  15. 10 The Tea Horse Road
  16. 11 United we stand
  17. 12 Up for a spin
  18. 13 Informal settlements
  19. 14 Missing the vultures
  20. 15 Meeting of the rivers
  21. 16 Steely resolve
  22. 17 Ups and downs
  23. 18 Sea to shining sea
  24. 19 Up to date in Kansas City
  25. 20 Snowed inn
  26. 21 Biting the big apple
  27. 22 Walled city
  28. 23 The coalmine
  29. 24 The synagogue
  30. 25 Cats of consequence
  31. 26 Ports to new worlds
  32. 27 Hearing the music
  33. Sources
  34. Index