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Old 11-07-2015, 14:25   #1
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Finding the Way Back - Article of The New Yorker
A interesting article about Primitive Navigation:

The Pull of Primitive Navigation - The New Yorker

Other resources about professor John Ruth:

“The Lost Art of Finding Our Way” by John Edward Huth reviewed by Isabel Ruane | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2013





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Re: Finding the Way Back - Article of The New Yorker
Good things to know!

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