Andreas Mayer. The Science of Walking: Investigations into Locomotion in the Long Nineteenth Century. Translated by Tilman Skowroneck and Robin Blanton. 232 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2020. $50 (cloth); ISBN 9780226328355. E-book available [Book Review]

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