On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
- 作者
- 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
- 出版时间 2013年1月
- ISBN 9781476727790
- 定价 68.20
内容简介
Fromtheauthorofthegiant#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerInsideofaDogcomesanequallysmart,delightful,andstartlingexplorationofhowweperceiveanddiscoverourworld.AlexandraHorowitz’sbrilliantOnLooking:ElevenWalkswithExpertEyesshowsushowtoseethespectacleoftheordinary—topractice,asSirArthurConanDoyleputit,“theobservationoftrifles.”OnLookingisstructuredaroundaseriesofelevenwalkstheauthortakes,mostlyinherManhattanneighborhood,withexpertsonadiverserangeofsubjects,includinganurbansociologist,thewell-knownartistMairaKalman,ageologist,aphysician,andasounddesigner.Shealsowalkswithachildandadogtoseetheworldastheyperceiveit.Whattheysee,howtheyseeit,andwhymostofusdonotseethesamethingsrevealthestartlingpowerofhumanattentionandthecognitiveaspectsofwhatitmeanstobeanexpertobserver.Asthemillion-plusreadersofInsideofaDoghavediscovered,AlexandraHorowitzischarminglyadeptatexplainingthemysteriesofhumanperception.Trainedasacognitivescientist,shediscoversafeastoffascinatingdetail,allexplainedwithhergeneroushumorandself-deprecatingtone.OnLookingpresentsthesameengagingcombination,thistimeinservicetounderstandinghowhumanbeingsencountertheirdailyworldsandeachother.Pagebypage,Horowitzshowshowmuchmorethereistosee—ifonlywewouldreallylook.OnLookingisnutritionfortheconsideredlife,servingasaprovocativeresponsetoourrelentlesslyvirtualconsciousness.Soturnoffthephoneandotherelectronicdevicesandbeintherealworld—wherestrangerscommunicatebygeometryastheywalktowardoneanother,wheresoundsrevealshadows,whereposturecandisplayhumility,andtheundersideofaleafunveilsaLilliputianuniverse—where,indeed,thereareworldswithinworldswithinworlds.AlexandraHorowitz’sOnLookingconfirmsherplaceasoneoftoday’smostilluminatingobserversofourinfinitelycomplexworld.
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