Wayfinding - The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World O'Connor M RPevná vazba
At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human.A marvel of storytelling. --Kirkus (Starred Review)In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out…
Specifikacia Wayfinding - The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World O'Connor M RPevná vazba
At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human.A marvel of storytelling. --Kirkus (Starred Review)In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision--especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate.O'Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state,