If someone asks where you get off, you can now respond with precision. Satellites and computers spit out coordinates accurate to a few paces. And digital maps stand the Copernican principle on its head – putting you at the center of everything (how does it feel?).
Find out how today’s maps are shuffling our world view. Also, how does a rat navigate a maze without GPS? Hear of the plotting that goes on in that tiny rodent brain.
Plus, mapping the universe and pinpointing just where we are in cosmic time – lucky for us, human evolution is right on schedule.
Listen to individual segments here:
Part 1: David Redish on mapping in the brain.
Part 2: Mike Goodchild on maps.
Part 3: Josh Winn on mapping space.
Part 4: Mario Livio on cosmic time.
