Kinesiology for Humans.

The author focuses on kinesiology, the study of human movement. He discusses the theories of Michael Polanyi, a physical chemist and philosopher, in relation to his ideas on human play as an anthropological indicator of how human movement is pleasurable. An overview is offered on how human play is found in every culture, how play is a ubiquitous and fundamental part of being human, and how it serves as a way of improving motor function, mastering the external environment, and engaging the mind and body.