It is matter of some surprise that this treasury of information
concerning the centres of gravity of various parts of the human
body has remained hidden not only from the English speaking world
for obvious reasons, but also to some degree from the Ger mans
themselves. What is less surprising is t 1at this work is a
monument to the renouned German thoroughness as demon strated by
the relentless pursuit of data and the meticulous ac curacy of the
conclusions. However, these scientific investigations carried out
in Leipzig must be viewed in the intellectual climate of the time.
In the lat ter half of the nineteenth century, and later, Germany
underwent an intellectual explosion. It was the age of Rhumkorff,
Max Planck, the Weber brothers and Gottingen University. It was
said that science came to life during discussions on the train be
tween Gottingen and Berlin. So the scene was set and Braune and
Fischer made good use of it and fulfilled their role as mem bers of
the Royal Scientific Society of Saxony. When Pauwels (1935)
analysed the static and dynamic forces exerted on the hip joint
when standing and when walking, he needed data concerning the
centres of gravity of the human body and of its different segments.
I was faced with the same pre requisite when I studied the forces
acting on the knee (1976)."
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Release date: |
March 2012 |
| First published: |
1985 |
| Translators: |
P.G.J. Maquet
|
| Authors: |
W. Braune
|
| Translators: |
R. Furlong
|
| Authors: |
O. Fischer
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
96 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-69613-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Surgery >
Orthopaedics & fractures
|
| LSN: |
3-642-69613-9 |
| Barcode: |
9783642696138 |
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