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In Praise of Walking

✍ Scribed by Shane O'Mara

Publisher: Random House
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 243 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 1473549914

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

'INFORMATIVEAND PERSUASIVE ENOUGH TO ROUSE THE MOST ARDENT COUCH POTATO'****(NEW STATESMAN)

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Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species.

It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. It freed our hands and freed our minds. We put one foot in front of the other without thinking - yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantages it gives us? In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds.

In Praise of Walking celebrates this miraculous ability. Incredibly, it is a skill that has its evolutionary origins millions of years ago, under the sea. And the latest research is only now revealing how the brain and nervous system performs the mechanical magic of balancing, navigating a crowded...

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