WAYFINDING

The physical world is infinitely complex, yet most of us are able to find our way around it. We can walk through unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts along paths we have never used and remember for many years places we have vis ited only once. These are remarkable achievements.In Wayfinding, Michael Bond explores how we do it: how our brains make the cognit ive maps that keep us orientated, even in places that we dont know. He considers how we relate to places, and asks how our underst anding of th...[Read more]