{"product_id":"a-sense-of-space-john-edward-huth-9780226844428","title":"A Sense of Space: A Local's Guide to a Flat Earth, the Edge of the Cosmos, and Other Curious Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom global navigation to natal charts to memory palaces and beyond, a thrilling journey through humanity's visualization of new spaces.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen you give directions, do you tell someone to go straight ahead and turn left? Or do you suggest that they head north before moving west? Your answer reveals more than you might think. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSense of Space\u003c\/i\u003e, writer and physicist John Edward Huth uses these two kinds of navigation--either centered on or independent of people--to help readers chart a path through evolving spatial models. In doing so, he offers an astonishing exploration of how changing scientific models of space alter our social perceptions, and vice versa. New visions of space can emanate from human considerations, he argues, and those new visions can in turn spawn new cultural phenomena. With accessible introductions to topics including mental maps, astrology, astronomy, particle physics, and Einstein's relativity, Huth makes clear that, although our minds have evolved to comprehend space on terrestrial distances, we routinely extend this understanding to realms far removed from our everyday experiences, from the cosmological to subatomic scales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking us across the eons from the myth of a flat earth to the mysteries of the multiverse, \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Space \u003c\/i\u003eis an energetic, thoughtful guide to how we orient ourselves in our world--and beyond. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Edward Huth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226844420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226844428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"John Edward Huth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927737422079,"sku":"9780226844428","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a0f5ad3-9318-4353-8b8a-c62c7c864a7f.jpg?v=1749372807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sense-of-space-john-edward-huth-9780226844428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}