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Free Download The Science of Walking: Investigations into Locomotion in the Long Nineteenth Century by Andreas Mayer, translated by Tilman Skowroneck, Robin Blanton
English | May 22, 2020 | ISBN: 022632835X | True EPUB/PDF | 232 pages | 8/17.7 MB
The Science of Walking recounts the story of the growing interest and investment of Western scholars, physicians, and writers in the scientific study of an activity that seems utterly trivial in its everyday performance yet essential to our human nature: walking. Most people see walking as a natural and unremarkable activity of daily life, yet the mechanism has long puzzled scientists and doctors, who considered it an elusive, recalcitrant, and even mysterious act. In The Science of Walking, Andreas Mayer provides a history of investigations of the human gait that emerged at the intersection of a variety of disciplines, including physiology, neurology, orthopedic surgery, anthropology, and psychiatry.