Wayfinding : the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world / M. R. O'Connor.
Wayfinding : the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world / M. R. O'Connor.
Wayfinding : the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world / M. R. O'Connor.
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Publisher
South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press, 2019.
South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2019.
Date
2019.
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H 2019/3330 , G 2019/4073
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 354 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Physical medium
Paperback
Contents
Prologue: Wayfinding -- pt. 1. Arctic. The last roadless place -- Memoryscapes -- Why children are amnesiacs -- Birds, bees, wolves and whales -- Navigation made us human -- A storytelling computer -- pt. 2. Australia. Supernomads -- Dreamtime cartography -- Space and time in the brain -- Among the...
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Publisher
South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press, 2019.
South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2019.
2019.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Summary
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 acr...
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Wayfinding : the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world / M. R. O'Connor.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-343) and index.
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Adult.
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©2019.
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H 2019/3330 , G 2019/4073
Record Identifier
74VKVe58JjjO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVe58JjjO
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ISBN
1925712753
9781925712759 paperback :
DDC
152.142
MMS ID
991024258417002626
