Balance: How It Works and What It Means

by Paul Thagard

Book Overview

Living is a balancing act. Ordinary activities like walking, running, or riding a bike require the brain to keep the body in balance. A dancer's poised elegance and a tightrope walker's breathtaking performance are feats of balance. Language abounds with expressions and figures of speech that invoke balance. People fret over work-life balance or try to eat a balanced diet. The concept crops up from politics-checks and balances, the balance of power,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231205589
• ISBN13: 9780231205580
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.6"