Mississippi Valley

2020 ◽  
pp. 223-247
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
National Park ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Mississippi Valley ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Medical Museum

The chapter “Mississippi Valley” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, including Hot Springs National Park, Transylvania Medical Museum, New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, and the American Museum of Science and Energy. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Rocky Mountains

2020 ◽  
pp. 402-425
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Atmospheric Research

The chapter “Rocky Mountains” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, including National Center for Atmospheric Research, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Museum of the Rockies, and Yellowstone National Park. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Great Plains

2020 ◽  
pp. 305-341
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
North Dakota ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
National Park ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Sedgwick County

The chapter “Great Plains” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, including Sedgwick County Zoo, Glore Psychiatric Museum, Hastings Museum, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Woolaroc, and Mammoth Site. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

America's Scientific Treasures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Cohen ◽  
Brenda H. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Travel Guide ◽  
Points Of Interest ◽  
Technological Interest

America’s Scientific Treasures is a comprehensive travel guide, designed for adults, that takes the reader to well-known and lesser-known sites of scientific and technological interest in the United States. The book is divided into nine geographical chapters. Subdivided by states, each chapter is represented by its scientific and technological treasures, including museums, arboretums, zoos, national parks, planetariums, natural or technological points of interest, and the homes of famous scientists. While the book is aimed at adults, many of the sites may also be of interest to teens and younger children. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Mid-Atlantic

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-163
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
York Botanical ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
New York Botanical Garden ◽  
Joseph Priestley

The chapter “Mid-Atlantic” discusses scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, including the Johnson Victrola Museum, National Cryptologic Museum, the Sarnoff Collection, New York Botanical Garden, Joseph Priestley House, and Smithsonian Institution. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Midwest

2020 ◽  
pp. 248-304
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Henry Ford ◽  
National Model ◽  
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ◽  
The University

The chapter “Midwest” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, including Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, National Model Aviation Museum, John Deere Company, The Henry Ford, Forest History Center, National Museum of the Great Lakes, and the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

New England

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-63
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Science And Culture

The chapter “New England” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, including the American Clock and Watch Museum, the Desert of Maine, Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, America’s Stonehenge, Slater Mill, and the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Southwest

2020 ◽  
pp. 342-401
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
National Observatory ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
History Museum

The chapter “Southwest” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, including Kitt Peak National Observatory, Fleischmann Planetarium, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Edison Museum, and Natural History Museum of Utah. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Southeast

2020 ◽  
pp. 164-222
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Tuskegee Institute

The chapter “Southeast” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, including the Tuskegee Institute, Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Wright Brothers National Memorial, The Rice Museum, Monticello, and Blenko Glass Company. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

Pacific

2020 ◽  
pp. 426-506
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information

The chapter “Pacific” explains about scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Alaska, California, Hawaiʻi, Oregon, and Washington, including the Anchorage Museum, San Diego Air & Space Museum, Pacific Tsunami Museum, Fort Clatsop, and the Museum of Flight. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

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