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美國著名益智競賽節目《危險境地!》開播以來,連勝紀錄始終止於8場,直到肯恩·詹寧斯在2004年參賽後連勝74場,成為該節目連勝紀錄保持人,贏得2,520,700美元獎金,也是美國無人不曉的傳奇人物。
  1974年出生於華盛頓州的肯恩·詹寧斯,幼時隨著擔任國際法律公司和甲骨文公司亞太區法律顧問的父親,先後在首爾(1981–1992)和新加坡(1992–1996)生活十多年。後舉家返回美國,畢業於楊百翰大學,修習計算機科學系和英文系雙學位。在《危險境地!》出賽期間,他擔任猶他州醫療保健服務機構CHG Healthcare的軟體工程師。
  一路過關斬將、天文地理近乎無所不知的肯恩·詹寧斯,在美國深受崇拜,大家認為他一定埋首書堆飽讀經典,但他卻說自己從小最愛讀地圖,小時候睡覺時枕頭旁放的是一本「漢默得」出版的厚重世界地圖集。本書敘述他從小到大對地理不變的愛戀,並且探索為什麼地圖一直讓他,以及全世界各地的發燒友們,如此著迷。
  肯恩·詹寧斯帶領讀者進行了一趟地理迷的世界旅行,從倫敦地圖展到國會圖書館的深處,從國家地理競賽中青春期前的天才們到Google Earth的電腦工程師。每一章都深入地圖文化中一個不同的面向:海拔高點征服、大地尋寶遊戲、公路地圖集競賽,甚至是虛構小說與奇幻故事的地圖裡描繪的「虛構地產」。他也探討了地圖繪製如何形塑我們的歷史,並主張繪製與閱讀地圖的慾望,在今天仍跟過去一樣重要。
  從「此處有惡龍」的大發現時代的羊皮紙地圖,到小學教室裡旋轉的地球儀,到數位地圖與GPS的後現代革命,本書充滿了引人入勝的細節、令人著迷的奇聞軼事,還有發人深省的分析。如果你自己就是根深柢固的地圖愛好者,又或甚至你是會在超市裡迷路的地圖文盲,肯恩·詹寧斯都能當你的嚮導,帶你進入地圖迷的奇異世界。
  ★本書中譯版《掛在地圖上的狂想者:幾條線、幾種色、幾個點,一個既大又小、既圓又扁的祕密世界》由臉譜出版。
Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author of Planet Funny Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, "a literary gem" (The Atlantic). Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the "unreal estate" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. Jennings also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been. From the "Here be dragons" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you’re an inveterate map lover yourself--or even if you’re among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket--let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads.
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肯恩·詹寧斯Ken Jennings
  1974年出生於西雅圖市郊,在首爾度過少年時期,楊百翰大學(Brigham Young University)畢業。
  著有《紐約時報》暢銷書《金頭腦》(Brainiac),描述他在美國廣受歡迎的益智競賽節目《危險境地!》(Jeopardy!)中史無前例的連勝紀錄;《肯恩·詹寧斯的百科知識年曆》(Ken Jennings’ Trivia Almanac);以及最新力作《因為我說了算!》(Because I Said So!)。
Ken Jennings won seventy-four games and $2.52 million on Jeopardy!, both U.S. game show records. His book, Brainiac, about his bizarre Jeopardy! adventures and the phenomenon of trivia in American culture, was a national bestseller. He currently lives outside Seattle, with his family and a deeply unstable Labrador retriever named Banjo.
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