Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
By: Christopher Kemp
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How the brain helps us to understand and navigate space—and why, sometimes, it doesn’t work the way…
Want to Read $ 2.99If you liked the nonfiction plot in Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation by Christopher Kemp , here is a list of 19 books like this:
1. On Trails: An Exploration
By: Robert Moor
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Robert Moor's On Trails: An Exploration book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- nonfiction
- science
"In walking, we acquire more of less."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
"We move through this world on paths laid down long before we are born."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
"Complete freedom is not what a trail offers. Quite the opposite; a trail is a tactful reduction of options."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
"What unites the wisest trails, I have found, is a balance of three values: durability, efficiency, and flexibility."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
2. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.10
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred h… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Sebastian Mallaby's More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
By: Laurence Gonzales
4.00
Format: None pages,
In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Laurence Gonzales's Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
4. The Element of Fire (Ile-Rien, #1)
By: Martha Wells
3.85
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The kingdom of Ile-Rien is in peril, menaced by magical threats and court intrigue. As the weak Kin… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Martha Wells's The Element of Fire (Ile-Rien, #1) book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
5. City of Bones
By: Martha Wells
4.00
Format: 442 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Where once great galleons roamed the sea, sand ships now traverse the Great Waste, and a glitteri… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Martha Wells's City of Bones book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- audiobook
"What magic does is to open the mind to the world and sometimes the world isn't what we think it is."-Martha Wells, City of Bones
6. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- biology
- psychology
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
7. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Charan Ranganath's Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- psychology
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.35
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to e… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Douglas W. Tallamy's The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Neil Bradbury's A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- biology
- nonfiction
- science
- audiobook
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
10. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sarah Bakewell's Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
By: Erik J. Larson
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A cutting-edge AI researcher and tech entrepreneur debunks the fantasy that superintelligence is ju… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Erik J. Larson's The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
"This cuts the myth at an awkward angle: it is because the [artificial intelligence] systems are idiots, but still find their way into business, consumer, and government application, that human-value …"-Erik J. Larson, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
"Notice that the story [of technical progress accelerating indefinitely] is not testable; we just have to wait around and see. If the predicted year of true AI's coming is false, too, another one can …"-Erik J. Larson, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
"In the early part of the twentieth century, the philosopher of language Paul Grice offered four maxims for successful conversation: The maxim of quantity. Try to be as informative as you possibly can…"-Erik J. Larson, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
"Science, once a triumph of human intelligence, now seems headed into a morass of rhetoric about the power of big data and new computational methods, where the scientists' role is now as a technician,…"-Erik J. Larson, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do
12. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Sara Manning Peskin's A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- biology
- psychology
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- science
13. The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
By: Guy Leschziner
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narco… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Guy Leschziner's The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- biology
- psychology
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
By: Kyle Harper
4.17
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
How pathogenic microbes have been an intimate part of human history from the beginning--and how our… read more
Want to Read $ 15.37Similar categories in Kyle Harper's Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- popular science
- science
15. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
By: Gloria Dickie
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more
Want to Read $ 16.50Similar categories in Gloria Dickie's Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
16. The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
By: Jonathan Reisman
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves togethe… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Jonathan Reisman's The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- audiobook
- biology
- nonfiction
- popular science
- science
17. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
By: Temple Grandin
3.63
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Temple Grandin's Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
18. American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
By: Kevin Hazzard
4.57
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the fi… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Kevin Hazzard's American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
By: Christopher Kemp
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How the brain helps us to understand and navigate space—and why, sometimes, it doesn’t work the way… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- biology
- psychology
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- popular science
- audiobook
20. Seven Games: A Human History
By: Oliver Roeder
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why―and how―we play them. C… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Oliver Roeder's Seven Games: A Human History book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Stay Sharp at Any Age
By: Sherrie D. All
3.70
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Unlock the power of neuroscience to optimize your memory so you can stay mentally sharp. Do you fee… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sherrie D. All's The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Stay Sharp at Any Age book and Christopher Kemp's Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation
- science
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
