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Balance : in search of the lost sense / Scott McCredie.

Title
Balance : in search of the lost sense / Scott McCredie.
Author
McCredie, Scott
Publication
New York : Little, Brown, c2007.

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Description
viii, 296 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Examines the mysteries of the sense of balance and the intricate processes through which the body interacts with gravity and space, covering such topics as fetal somersaults, weightlessness as experienced by astronauts, and balance therapy.
Subject
  • Postural Balance
  • Equilibrium (Physiology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
In search of the lost sense -- Sickness from motion -- Van Gogh's ear -- The spin doctors and the discovery of "multimodality" -- How balance contributes to survival -- "Ear deaths" and "graveyard spirals" -- Tonic and stimulant -- Extreme equilibrium -- The Wallenda within -- The cognitive connection -- New balance -- Staying glued to the wire -- Balance exercises.
ISBN
  • 9780316011358
  • 0316011355
LCCN
^^2006038089
OCLC
  • 76183825
  • SCSB-9933954
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library