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

"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...

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Beteilige Person: Mayer, Andreas 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Blanton, Robin 1976- (ÜbersetzerIn), Skowroneck, Tilman 1959- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London <<The>> University of Chicago Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Translated from the German
Umfang:ix, 222 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780226328355
022632835X