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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 - Mayer, Andreas, and Skowroneck, Tilman (Translated by), and Blanton, Robin (Translated by)
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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 ...

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The Science of Walking: Investigations Into Locomotion in the Long Nineteenth Century 2020, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226328355

Hardcover