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Dark and Magical Places
Christopher Kemp
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Psychologie
Beschreibung
"A NATURAL STORYTELLER" Mary Roach
"BRILLIANT AND BEGUILING" Matthew Gavin Frank
"CAPTIVATING ... WILL ALTER THE WAY YOU SEE AND MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD" M. R. O'Connor
"AS ENTERTAINING AS IT IS ENLIGHTENING" Geographical Magazine, Book of the Month
Within our heads, we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have - older even than language - and in Dark and Magical Places, Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do.
From the secrets of supernavigators to the strange, dreamlike environments inhabited by people with 'place blindness', he will explore the myriad ways in which we find our way. Kemp explains the cutting-edge neuroscience that is transforming our understanding of it - and tries to answer why, for a species with a highly-sophisticated internal navigation system that evolved over millions of years, do humans get lost such a lot?
"I WAS THRILLED TO DISCOVER THIS BOOK" Robert Moor
Rezensionen
Chris Kemp may not be able to find his way out of a stairwell, but he has quickly and with no false turns made his way to the top of my list of favorite science writers ... A natural storyteller, a deft explainer, and a terrific and funny writer.
With the exception of 'who am I?', there is no more fundamental human question than 'where am I?'
<p>A fascinating and sneakily amusing book.... Christopher Kemp is an elegant and quick-witted writer who, feeling perpetually and hopelessly lost himself, is perfectly qualified to lead us through some of the most complicated and discombobulating corners of human cognition.</p>
<p>As a person who often finds myself lost in cities and forests alike, I was thrilled to discover this book, a dazzling-at times dizzying-exploration of brains and places, how they trouble one another and how they a give one another meaning.</p>
<p>A modern look inside the brain written as beautifully as a long-form poem. Don'
<p>Captivating ... will alter the way you see and move through the world.</p>
Brilliant and beguiling
As entertaining as it is enlightening
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Oliver Sacks, orientation, health and technology, orienteering, brain science, Andrew Solomon, health technology, Steven Silberman, Neuroscience, Malcolm Gladwell, popular psychology, navigation, psychology, googlemaps, getting lost