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SUMMARY:Walking as a problem of the nineteenth century - Andreas Mayer (Ma
 x Planck Institute for the History of Science\, Berlin)
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CONTACT:Lauren Kassell
DESCRIPTION:As with so many other human activities that are both mechanica
 l and meaningful (e.g. sleeping and dreaming\, sexual acts\, artistic crea
 tion\, the execution of music or the manifestations of religion)\, the inh
 abitants of the nineteenth century turned walking into a problem waiting f
 or a scientific solution. Neither entirely transparent and fully conscious
 \, nor completely shrouded in mystery\, the act of walking was supposed to
  have its secret. How such a mundane activity became a problem for a varie
 ty of scientific disciplines in Western countries will be the subject of m
 y talk.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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