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- Title
- The Sports Gene: What Makes the Perfect Athlete
- Book Title
- The Sports Gene: What Makes the Perfect Athlete
- ISBN
- 0224091611
- EAN
- 9780224091619
- Binding
- Hardback
- Date of Publication
- 2013-08-29
- Release Title
- The Sports Gene: What Makes the Perfect Athlete
- Artist
- Epstein, David
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
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- Subject Area
- Biological Psychology, Sports
- Publication Name
- The Sports Gene: What Makes the Perfect Athlete
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Subject
- Sociology, Science, Biology
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 222 mm
- Item Weight
- 494 g
- Item Width
- 144 mm
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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*** Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 *** Is Usain Bolt a superhuman one-off? Are sports stars like Paula Radcliffe and Tiger Woods born or made? Could we all be Olympians if we trained hard enough? And is the answer to be found by looking at Alaskan huskies? In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about why top sportsmen excel. Along the way Epstein exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. He shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not - like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player - and why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like an athlete's will to train, might in fact have important genetic components. Through on-the ground reports at locations ranging from below the equator to above the Arctic Circle, revealing conversations with leading scientists and Olympic champions, and interviews with athletes who have rare genetic mutations or physical traits, Epstein forces us to rethink the very nature of sport.
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Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780224091619
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176699426
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Sports Gene: What Makes the Perfect Athlete
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Sociology, Science, Biology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biological Psychology, Sports
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
222 mm
Item Weight
494 g
Item Width
144 mm
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United Kingdom
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