{"product_id":"little-blue-dot-how-gps-shaped-the-modern-world","title":"Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Riveting . . . a fascinating account of a singular technology that changed humanity's relationship to the world.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dunn's clear explanations of advanced concepts make this book accessible to nonscientific readers. Her deft integration of the stories of the many fascinating people who contributed to the development of GPS adds an engaging and important human element to the narrative. Final chapters about efforts to counter surprising security issues make this a timely book about current events in addition to a history.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eLittle Blue Dot\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise, popular history of the development of a technology that has become deeply integrated into nearly all aspects of our lives . . . Dunn provides a warning about how vulnerable GPS is and, by extension, how vulnerable we are. . . Dunn makes clear that GPS was developed, improved, promoted, and implemented by scores of people. She takes particular interest in lesser-sung heroes.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's the invisible network that runs our world. The story of the Global Positioning System is the story of modern life itself. In \n\u003ci\u003eLittle Blue Dot\u003c\/i\u003e, Katherine Dunn tells the explosive, untold history of the twentieth century's most important technology. A gripping narrative of spies, scientists, and the secret history of how we came to map the world. You'll never look at that little blue dot the same way again.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBradley Hope, co-author of BILLION DOLLAR WHALE and BLOOD AND OIL\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The story of how you came to have, in your pocket, a way of knowing where you are, wherever you are, is an epic of human ingenuity. With pace, verve, and an eye for an illuminating anecdote, Katherine Dunn is the perfect guide to the greatest revolution in navigation since the age of sail.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eTom Whipple, Science Writer and Special Correspondent at The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKatherine Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e is a business reporter and editor based in London. She has worked at \n\u003ci\u003eFortune \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, S\u0026amp;P Global, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\/ Dow Jones and the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, where she contributed to the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, an international network to help improve climate journalism worldwide. This is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, \"We're lost.\" Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth points us in the right direction. The Global Positioning System is embedded not only in our phones but in our cultural history and our future. GPS, intangible but ubiquitous, has instigated a radical shift in our relationship to our own intuition and place in the world, making us critically dependent on technology we forget is even there. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLittle Blue Dot \u003c\/i\u003euncovers GPS's origins as a product of the Cold War, from the Space Race to the bombing campaigns in Vietnam, following along as its military and civilian uses expanded and shifted to become part of the fabric of modern life. With pulsating detail and witty expertise, investigative reporter Katherine Dunn takes us on a fascinating journey from the origins of the technology to its modern-day iteration, considering its role in international politics and conflict-and its rising vulnerabilities to manipulation. Initially a cog in the wheel of globalization, GPS has now taken on a new life and may even serve as a parable for the proliferation of AI and newer technologies on the horizon. Sharp and evocative, \n\u003ci\u003eLittle Blue Dot \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the future of GPS, its impact on our understanding of space and time, and the role of technology in our lives. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/10\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9781639734313, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781639734313, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/22\/2026 (EAN 9781639734313, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eDunn, Katherine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKatherine Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e is a business reporter and editor based in London. 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