You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall by Colin Ellard - 2009-07-07

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Doubleday Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday, 2009-07-07. Hardcover. Good. Clean sturdy copy.

Book DescriptionA fascinating exploration of human navigation, both feat and foible, in the age of GPS and GoogleEarth.We live in a world crowded by street signs and arrows. With the click of a computer mouse we can find exact directions to just about anywhere on earth, and with a handheld GPS we can find our precise latitude and longitude, even in the remotest of places. But despite all our advancements, we still get lost in the mall, can't follow directions to a friend's house and, on camping expeditions, take wrong turns that can mean the difference between life and death.
Many other species, however, have an innate sense of direction. Ants display surprisingly sophisticated behavior, traveling great distances without wasting a step. Monarch butterflies and migrating songbirds pilot even greater expanses, thousands of kilometers in some instances, to targets that they might never even have seen before. A homing pigeon can be driven halfway across a continent in a lightproof box and then, on… Read More

New York: Doubleday. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 328 pp. .

Hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Doubleday, 2009-07-07. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!