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Title: Finding North
Subtitle: How Navigation Makes Us Human
Author: George Michelsen Foy
Narrator: Tom Zingarelli
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-10-16
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
In 1844, George Michelsen Foy's great-great grandfather, captain of a Norwegian cargo ship, perished at sea after getting lost in a snowstorm. Foy decides to unravel the mystery surrounding Halvor Michelsen's death - and the roots of his own obsession with navigation - by re-creating his ancestor's trip using only period instruments.
Beforehand, he meets a colorful cast of characters to learn whether men really have better directional skills than women; how cells, eels, and spaceships navigate; and how tragedy results from GPS glitches. He interviews a cabby who has memorized every street in London, sails on a Haitian cargo sloop, and visits the site of a secret navigational cult in Greece.
At the heart of Foy's story is this fact: Navigation and the brain's memory centers are inextricably linked. As Foy unravels the secret behind Halvor's death, he also discovers why forsaking our navigation skills in favor of GPS may lead not only to Alzheimer's and other diseases of memory but to losing a key part of what makes us human.
Critic Reviews:
"Voyagers of all kinds will cherish this book." (Paul Raeburn, author of
The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting)
Members Reviews:
Don't waste your time or money
What I hoped would be a good sailing story was banal drivel
What I hoped would be a good maritime story was instead banal drivel
7
Wise and moving
A wise and moving book. Lyrical , a voyage of insights that transported both to new frontiers and to self. I understood the ineluctable draw of loss and love.
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Title: Finding North
Subtitle: How Navigation Makes Us Human
Author: George Michelsen Foy
Narrator: Tom Zingarelli
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-10-16
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
In 1844, George Michelsen Foy's great-great grandfather, captain of a Norwegian cargo ship, perished at sea after getting lost in a snowstorm. Foy decides to unravel the mystery surrounding Halvor Michelsen's death - and the roots of his own obsession with navigation - by re-creating his ancestor's trip using only period instruments.
Beforehand, he meets a colorful cast of characters to learn whether men really have better directional skills than women; how cells, eels, and spaceships navigate; and how tragedy results from GPS glitches. He interviews a cabby who has memorized every street in London, sails on a Haitian cargo sloop, and visits the site of a secret navigational cult in Greece.
At the heart of Foy's story is this fact: Navigation and the brain's memory centers are inextricably linked. As Foy unravels the secret behind Halvor's death, he also discovers why forsaking our navigation skills in favor of GPS may lead not only to Alzheimer's and other diseases of memory but to losing a key part of what makes us human.
Critic Reviews:
"Voyagers of all kinds will cherish this book." (Paul Raeburn, author of
The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting)
Members Reviews:
Don't waste your time or money
What I hoped would be a good sailing story was banal drivel
What I hoped would be a good maritime story was instead banal drivel
7
Wise and moving
A wise and moving book. Lyrical , a voyage of insights that transported both to new frontiers and to self. I understood the ineluctable draw of loss and love.