Wayfinding
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'[A] fascinating, incisive account of how the human brain evolved
to keep us orientated . . .Beautifully written and researched.' -
Isabella Tree, author of WildingThe physical world is infinitely
complex, yet most of us are able to find our way around it. We can
walk through unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of
direction, take shortcuts along paths we have never used and
remember for many years places we have visited only once. These are
remarkable achievements.In Wayfinding, Michael Bond explores how we
do it: how our brains make the 'cognitive maps' that keep us
orientated, even in places that we don't know. He considers how we
relate to places, and asks how our understanding of the world
around us affects our psychology and behaviour. The way we think
about physical space has been crucial to our evolution: the ability
to navigate over large distances in prehistoric times gave Homo
sapiens an advantage over the rest of the human family.Children are
instinctive explorers, developing a spatial understanding as they
roam. And yet today few of us make use of the wayfaring skills that
we inherited from our nomadic ancestors. Most of us have little
idea what we may be losing.Bond seeks an answer to the question of
why some of us are so much better at finding our way than others.
He also tackles the controversial subject of sex differences in
navigation, and finally tries to understand why being lost can be
such a devastating psychological experience. For readers of writers
as different as Robert Macfarlane and Oliver Sacks, Wayfinding is a
book that can change our sense of ourselves.
Výber kníh autorov
Michael Bond ,
Picador
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Michael Bond,
Picador
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Pan Macmillan
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Pan Macmillan
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