Balance, Carol Svec
Balance, Carol Svec
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Balance
A Dizzying Journey Through the Science of Our Most Delicate Sense

Author: Carol Svec

Narrator: Wendy Tremont King

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/01/2017


Synopsis

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.

About Carol Svec

Carol Svec has a master's degree in physiological psychology and writes regularly for health and wellness outlets such as Bottom Line/Health newsletter, Endurance magazine, and Brain Injury Journey magazine. A member of the National Association of Science Writers and American Medical Writers Association, she is coauthor of several books and sole author of After Any Diagnosis, which was named one of the Best Consumer Health Books of 2001 by Library Journal.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dlmrose

3+......more

My husband went to bed one night and the next morning he couldn't stand up. Just turning his head caused him to vomit. We are nearing the one year anniversary and although he is much improved he occasionally feels "bouncy," his word for when his balance is off. I have also have a friend with vestibu......more

Goodreads review by Sherrie

***I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway*** Man, I really hate giving this book 3 stars. It's such an interesting topic, and the author covered a lot of awesome research and managed to explain it well for laypeople. That said, in attempting to keep the book from being too academic, she injected a l......more