{"product_id":"on-looking-a-walkers-guide-to-the-art-of-observation-9781439191262","title":"On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog \u003ci\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Puppy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, this \"elegant and entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) explanation of how humans perceive their environments \"does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world--in fact, many worlds--we've been missing\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexandra Horowitz\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary--to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, \"the observation of trifles.\" Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, \u003ci\u003eOn Looking\u003c\/i\u003e features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. \u003ci\u003eWhat \u003c\/i\u003ethey see, \u003ci\u003ehow \u003c\/i\u003ethey see it, and why most of us do \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003esee the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePage by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see--if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and \u003ci\u003ebe \u003c\/i\u003ein the real world--where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe--where, indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Horowitz is the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBeing a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOur Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at Barnard College, where she runs the Dog Cognition Lab. She lives with her family of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCanis familiaris\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFelis catus\u003c\/i\u003e in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575202451730,"sku":"9781439191262","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b8f3f34-e76d-4794-a4a4-0334f93b3842.jpg?v=1731978489","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-looking-a-walkers-guide-to-the-art-of-observation-9781439191262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}