Review the human motor energy fatigue and the origins of modernity user review profe . Science once had an unshakable faith in its ability to bring the forces of nature even human nature under control in this wide ranging book anson rabinbach examines how developments in physics biology medicine psychology politics and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. The human motor energy fatigue and the origins of modernity anson rabinbach 9780520078277 books amazonca. The human motor energy fatigue and the origins of modernity anson rabinbach 1990 basic books new york 402 pages isbn 0 465 03130 7 3495