Description |
1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: A Recalcitrant Object -- Walkers, Wayfarers, Soldiers: Sketching a Practical Science of Locomotion -- Observers of Locomotion: Theories of Walking in the French Science de l'homme -- Mechanicians of the Human Walking Apparatus: The Beginnings of an Experimental Physiology of the Gait -- The Rise of Graphical and Photographic Methods: Locomotion Studies and the Predicament of Representation -- Conclusion: The Centipede's Dilemma. |
Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
Subject |
Walking -- History -- 19th century.
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Walking. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Physiology -- History -- 19th century.
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Physiology. |
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Science -- History -- 19th century.
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Science. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Blanton, Robin, translator.
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Skowroneck, Tilman, translator.
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Added Title |
Wissenschaft vom Gehen. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019145486
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mayer, Andreas, 1970- Wissenschaft vom Gehen. English. Science of walking. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020 9780226328355 (DLC) 2019045111 (OCoLC)1117641350 |
ISBN |
9780226352480 (electronic book) |
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022635248X (electronic book) |
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9780226328355 |
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022632835X |
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