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In Praise of Walking
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  • Published: 23 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784707576
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $24.99

In Praise of Walking

The new science of how we walk and why it’s good for us

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13 June 2019
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1 Aug 2019
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23 Sept 2020
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A captivating exploration of the science of a skill that is uniquely human: how we walk. And a hymn to its many benefits for our mental and physical health, and for our society.

'Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch pototo' New Scientist

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, and urges us to appreciate – and exercise – our miraculous ability.
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  • Published: 23 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784707576
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Shane O'Mara

Shane O’Mara is Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. He is Principal Investigator in, and was Director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, one of Europe’s leading research centres for neuroscience. He is also a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator and a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator.

He is the author of two previous books, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation and A Brain for Business – A Brain for Life. He has also written many scientific papers, as well as for the newspapers and magazines.

He loves to walk wherever and whenever he can, with long urban walks in any walkable city a particular favourite.

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www.shaneomara.com

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