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.
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.
@smomara1
www.shaneomara.com
Fascinating ... O’Mara argues [walking] is intimately connected to
our bodies, our brains, and ultimately how we exist as a
species
*The Times*
In Praise of Walking is both informative and persuasive enough to
rouse the most ardent couch potato – perhaps saving humanity before
our lifestyle consumes our brains completely
*New Scientist*
Convincing and compelling ... In Praise of Walking is peppered with
insights about everything from 19th-century poets and flâneurs to
modern-day experiments with subjects playing video games in fMRI
scanners
*Sunday Times*
Walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier ... [O'Mara] knows
this not only through personal experience, but from cold, hard
data
*Observer*
Full of insights… an accessible and thought-provoking discussion of
walking as a key to human success
*Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain*
A book that will leave you itching to go out for a good
old-fashioned stroll
*Mail on Sunday*
A fascinating new book that examines the multitudinous benefits of
this form of locomotion
*Harper's Bazaar*
Like a poem to walking… [and] the science that might help convince
planners to prioritise walking as a means of getting around
*UK Press Syndication*
Forget apples. A walk a day really will keep the doctor away
*Evening Standard*
[In Praise of Walking] it provides an antidote to the many miseries
that can accumulate because of our modern, sedentary lifestyle
*Simple Things*
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