The science of walking : investigations into locomotion in the long nineteenth century

The Resource The science of walking : investigations into locomotion in the long nineteenth century

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The science of walking : investigations into locomotion in the long nineteenth century

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investigations into locomotion in the long nineteenth century

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Andreas Mayer ; translated by Robin Blanton and Tilman Skowroneck ; revised and extended by the author

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"Do you know how you walk? Most people consider walking to be a natural and self-evident activity of everyday life. Yet the mechanism of walking has long puzzled scientists and doctors. 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. The book analyzes the attempts to observe human (and animal) locomotion through the long nineteenth century and traces the effects of this new knowledge in other cultural domains, most notably literature and the visual arts"--

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612/.044

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illustrations

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index present

LC call number

QP310.W3

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M3813 2020

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non fiction

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dictionaries
bibliography

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WE 103

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