{"product_id":"places-of-the-heart-the-psychogeography-of-everyday-life-paperback","title":"Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Ellard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary of Science Book Club selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \"What to Read\" selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A really great book.\" --\u003cb\u003eIRA FLATOW, \u003ci\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the finest science writers I've ever read.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ellard has a knack for distilling obscure scientific theories into practical wisdom.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Ellard] mak es] even the most mundane entomological experiment or exegesis of psychological geekspeak feel fresh and fascinating.\" --\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Colin Ellard is one of the world's foremost thinkers on the neuroscience of urban design. Here he offers an entirely new way to understand our cities--and ourselves.\" --\u003cb\u003eCHARLES MONTGOMERY\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHappy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur surroundings can powerfully affect our thoughts, emotions, and physical responses, whether we're awed by the Grand Canyon or Hagia Sophia, panicked in a crowded room, soothed by a walk in the park, or tempted in casinos and shopping malls. In \u003ci\u003ePlaces of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, Colin Ellard explores how our homes, workplaces, cities, and nature--places we escape to and can't escape from--have influenced us throughout history, and how our brains and bodies respond to different types of real and virtual space. As he describes the insight he and other scientists have gained from new technologies, he assesses the influence these technologies will have on our evolving environment and asks what kind of world we are, and should be, creating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Ellard \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall\u003c\/i\u003e. A cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo and director of its Urban Realities Laboratory, he lives in Kitchener, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Ellard\u003c\/b\u003e, who works at the intersection of neuroscience and architectural and environmental design, is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlaces of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming from Bellevue Literary Press). He has published scientific work in international journals in North America, Europe, and Asia for the past twenty-five years and has also contributed to the public discussion of environmental psychology through his work with museums and the media. A cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo and director of its Urban Realities Laboratory, Ellard lives in Kitchener, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769826541856,"sku":"9781942658009","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a76a16f2c87f87feb46b822a30985b52.webp?v=1780357790","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/places-of-the-heart-the-psychogeography-of-everyday-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}