{"product_id":"on-looking-eleven-walks-with-expert-eyes","title":"On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes","description":"Used hardcover in Very Good condition. \u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e giant bestseller \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e comes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive our surroundings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the giant \u003cb\u003e#1 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive and discover our world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Horowitz’s brilliant \u003ci\u003eOn Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes \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.” \u003ci\u003eOn Looking \u003c\/i\u003eis structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, with 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. She 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the million-plus readers of \u003ci\u003eInside of a Dog \u003c\/i\u003ehave discovered, Alexandra Horowitz is charmingly adept at explaining the mysteries of human perception. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. \u003ci\u003eOn Looking \u003c\/i\u003epresents the same engaging combination, this time in service to understanding how human beings encounter their daily worlds and each other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePage by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see—if only we would really look. \u003ci\u003eOn Looking \u003c\/i\u003eis nutrition for the considered life, serving as a provocative response to our relentlessly virtual consciousness. 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\u003eAlexandra Horowitz’s \u003ci\u003eOn Looking \u003c\/i\u003econfirms her place as one of today’s most illuminating observers of our infinitely complex world.","brand":"Horowitz, Alexandra","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52814741274907,"sku":"mon0000797221","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/11079553482700.jpg?v=1786742520","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/on-looking-eleven-walks-with-expert-eyes","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}