Wayfinding

<p><b>'Beautifully written and researched.' </b>- <b>Isabella Tree, author of <i>Wilding</i></b><br><br>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 visited only once. These are remarkable achievements.<br><br>In <i>Wayfinding,</i> Michael Bond explores how we do it: how our brains make the &lsquo;cognitive maps&rsquo; that keep us orientated, even in places that we don&rsquo;t know. He considers how we relate to places, and asks how our understanding of the world around us affects our psychology and behaviour.<br><br>The way we think about physical space has been crucial to our evolution: the ability to navigate over large distances in prehistoric times gave Homo s