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Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch potato. -- Jonathon Keats - New Scientist Honest in its scope, timely in its urgency, and convincing in its presentation.... O'Mara takes what seems like a prosaic subject and reveals how fascinating and vital it truly is. -- Michael Berry - Sierra Delightful and salient.... [O'Mara] manages to engagingly weave history, philosophy, and poetry into the scientific literature. -- M.R. O'Connor - Undark As O'Mara makes clear, every amble is transformative. It grows brain cells, fires our muscles, unleashes our creative spirit and lifts our moods. This book could-and should-change your life. -- Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix A reader-friendly digest of scientific studies.... [In Praise of Walking] delivers a great deal of salutary, practicable common sense. -- Sam Sacks - Wall Street Journal In Praise of Walking [is] a backstage tour of what happens in our brains while we perambulate. Walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier.... [O'Mara] knows this not only through personal experience, but from cold, hard data. -- Amy Fleming - Guardian A fascinating new book that examines the multitudinous benefits of this form of locomotion. -- Lydia Slater - Harper's Bazaar Convincing and compelling.... In Praise of Walking is peppered with insights about everything from 19th-century poets and flaneurs to modern-day experiments with subjects playing video games in fMRI scanners. -- Helen Davies - Sunday Times Compelling and wise, In Praise of Walking points the way to the human adventure. -- Richard Louv, author of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the Woods Full of insights.... An accessible and thought-provoking discussion of walking as a key to human success. -- Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain

Full of insights.... An accessible and thought-provoking discussion of walking as a key to human success. -- Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain Compelling and wise, In Praise of Walking points the way to the human adventure. -- Richard Louv, author of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the Woods Convincing and compelling.... In Praise of Walking is peppered with insights about everything from 19th-century poets and flaneurs to modern-day experiments with subjects playing video games in fMRI scanners. -- Helen Davies - Sunday Times A fascinating new book that examines the multitudinous benefits of this form of locomotion. -- Lydia Slater - Harper's Bazaar In Praise of Walking [is] a backstage tour of what happens in our brains while we perambulate. Walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier.... [O'Mara] knows this not only through personal experience, but from cold, hard data. -- Amy Fleming - Guardian A reader-friendly digest of scientific studies.... [In Praise of Walking] delivers a great deal of salutary, practicable common sense. -- Sam Sacks - Wall Street Journal As O'Mara makes clear, every amble is transformative. It grows brain cells, fires our muscles, unleashes our creative spirit and lifts our moods. This book could-and should-change your life. -- Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix Delightful and salient.... [O'Mara] manages to engagingly weave history, philosophy, and poetry into the scientific literature. -- M.R. O'Connor - Undark Honest in its scope, timely in its urgency, and convincing in its presentation.... O'Mara takes what seems like a prosaic subject and reveals how fascinating and vital it truly is. -- Michael Berry - Sierra Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch potato. -- Jonathon Keats - New Scientist

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Shane O'Mara is professor of experimental brain research at Trinity College Dublin. He is also the author of Why Torture Doesn’t Work and A Brain for Business—A Brain for Life. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

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