An eye-opening exploration of the intriguing and often counter-intuitive science of human navigation and experience of place. In the age of GPS and iPhones, human beings it would seem have mastered the art of direction, but does the need for these devices signal something else that as a species we are actually hopelessly lost. In factwe've filled our world with signs and arrows.Westill get lost in the mall, or a maze of cubicles.Whatdoes this say about us? Drawing on his exhaustive research, Professor Collin Ellard illuminates how humans are disconnected from our world and what this...
An eye-opening exploration of the intriguing and often counter-intuitive science of human navigation and experience of place. In the age of GPS...
Library of Science Book Club selection "Discover" magazine What to Read selection A really great book. IRA FLATOW, "Science Friday" One of the finest science writers I ve ever read. "Los Angeles Times" Ellard has a knack for distilling obscure scientific theories into practical wisdom. "New York Times Book Review" Ellard] mak es] even the most mundane entomological experiment or exegesis of psychological geekspeak feel fresh and fascinating. NPR Colin Ellard is one of the world s foremost thinkers on the neuroscience of urban design. Here he offers an entirely new...
Library of Science Book Club selection "Discover" magazine What to Read selection A really great book. IRA FLATOW, "Science Friday" One o...