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Balance

A Dizzying Journey Through the Science of Our Most Delicate Sense

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Balance

By: Carol Svec
Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
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Balance is a lively, 360-degree exploration of our body's supersense. Health and wellness writer Carol Svec examines every facet of balance in a way that is highly entertaining, broadly accessible, and rigorously researched. Listeners follow her through various facilities as she talks with scientists doing state-of-the-art research. She grilled an egg in a virtual kitchen, had her senses fooled in a tumbling room by a mannequin named Hans, survived "the Vominator" without losing her lunch, and experienced drunken dizziness inside a police muster room.

Chapters include fascinating case studies of people whose lives are affected by balance dysfunction, the latest research initiatives, the coolest gadgets used by researchers, and first-person accounts of what it's like to be a scientific guinea pig for balance. In a clear, friendly style, Svec communicates what she has learned about balance from some of the top scientists in the world, including how balance research is being applied to help those who are ill, elderly, disabled, or simply prone to queasiness, and what ingenious, potentially life-changing advances may be coming down the road.

©2017 Carol Svec (P)2017 Tantor
Biological Sciences Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Mental Health Physiology
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"Both awe-inspiring and funny, this is science writing at its best." (Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, best-selling author of From Junk Food to Joy Food)

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