Bounce Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the science of success
In this thoughtful, provocative book, a former Olympian persuasively demonstrates how sports offer powerful and often overlooked tools with which to explore fundamental subjects, including biology, morality, globalization, culture, gender, race, and economics.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The talent myth
- The hidden logic of success
- Miraculous children?
- The path to excellence
- Mysterious sparks and life-changing mind-sets
- Paradoxes of the mind
- The placebo effect
- The curse of choking and how to avoid it
- Baseball rituals, pigeons, and why great sportsmen feel miserable after winning
- Deep reflections
- Optical illusions and X-ray vision
- Drugs in sport, Schwarzenegger mice, and the future of mankind
- Are blacks superior runners?
