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  • Balance

  • In Search of the Lost Sense
  • By: Scott McCredie
  • Narrated by: Bob Craig
  • Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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Balance

By: Scott McCredie
Narrated by: Bob Craig
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Publisher's summary

Although vital to our well-being, and even to our success as a species, the physical sense of balance has never attained the same recognition as sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste. Now, with an epidemic of debilitating falls sweeping America's aging population, the time is ripe for a lively and illuminating tour of the human body's most exquisitely intricate and least understood faculty.

Balance is the first book written for a general audience that examines the mysteries of the human balance system: the astonishingly complicated mechanisms that allow our bodies to counteract the force of gravity as we move through space. A scientific, historical, and practical exploration of how balance works, Balance also provides the keys to remaining upright for as long as humanly possible. From simple motion sickness to astronauts' "space stupids", and from fetal somersaults to the Flying Wallendas, McCredie guides readers on a delightful quest to elevate balance to its rightful place in the pantheon of the senses.

©2007 Scott McCredie (P)2007 Hachette Audio
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Excellent source of information about the totality of balance

Lucid and articulate Read\ Listening on our human sensory systems that have to do with balance

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Amazing

The sciecne of mind and body here are stunning.. changed my world.. get it.. honest.. if you are not happy with it.. I'll by it form you. I don't say that that about many books.

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vestibular disorders

McCredie explains many of the problems I have. With vestibular disorders myself, I understand what my physical therapist tries to help me with. At 88 years of age the book explains to me why my experience is not just “aging.” I’m encouraged to keep trying to follow her instructions. I realize just how much research she has done to help me.

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