Wayfinding : the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world

"At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. 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 sol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author O'Connor, M. R., 1982- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
EditionFirst edition.
Subjects
Orientation (Physiology)
Space perception.
Human physiology.
Human evolution.
Neurophysiology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781250200235
9781250096968
Physical Description1 online zdroj (viii, 354 stran)

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Wayfinding
  • Part one. Arctic. The last roadless place ; Memoryscapes ; Why children are amnesiacs ; Birds, bees, wolves and whales ; Navigation made us human ; The storytelling computer
  • Part two. Australia. Supernomads ; Dreamtime cartography ; Space and time in the brain ; Among the lightning people ; You say left, I say north
  • Part three. Oceania. Empiricism at Harvard ; Astronauts of Oceania ; Navigating climate change ; This is your brain on GPS ; Lost Tesla
  • Epilogue: Our genius is topophilia.

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