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The science of walking : investigations into locomotion in the long nineteenth century / Andreas Mayer ; translated by Robin Blanton and Tilman Skowroneck ; revised and extended by the author.
LIBRA QP310.W3 M3813 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayer, Andreas, 1970- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Wissenschaft vom Gehen. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Walking--History--19th century.
- Walking.
- Physiology--History--19th century.
- Physiology.
- Science--History--19th century.
- Science.
- History.
- Walking--history.
- Physiology--history.
- Science--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- Medical Subjects:
- Walking--history.
- Physiology--history.
- Science--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226328355
- 022632835X
- OCLC:
- 1117641350
- Publisher Number:
- 99985016822
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