PDF-(READ)-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 humanIn this compelling narrative OConnor 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 precisionespecially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments OConnor 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 navigateOConnor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus Without it people inhabit a dream state becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way recalling the past or imagining the future Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus OConnor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory dementia Alzheimers Disease depression and PTSDWayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species profound capacity for exploration memory and storytelling results in topophilia the love of place. 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What God calls “The Revelation of the Mystery” in Holy scripture may be novel to some as Christendom generally speaking does not use that term. We will learn from the Bible What is Science Fiction?. A writing style that combines science and fiction . It is driven by the desire to ponder the question “What if…”. It is only limited by our imagination!. “Science Fiction is a story about human beings, with a human problem and human solutions which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.”. Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is touched by theft, secrecy, sabotage, and fraud. Farmers patrol their fields with rifles and fear losing trade secrets to spies. Hunters plant poisoned meatballs to eliminate rival truffle-hunting dogs. Naive buyers and even knowledgeable experts are duped by liars and counterfeits. This exposé documents the dark, sometimes deadly crimes at each level of the truffle’s path from ground to plate, making sense of an industry that traffics in scarcity, seduction, and cash.