Bounce: How Champions are Made - Softcover

Matthew Syed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000735052X ISBN 13: 9780007350520

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2010

Synopsis

Bounce: How Champions are Made

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From the Back Cover:

Why have all the sprinters who have run the 100 meters in under ten seconds been black?

What's one thing Mozart, Venus Williams, and Michelangelo have in common?

Why are baseball players so superstitious?

We love to win and hate to lose, whether it's on the playing field, in the office, or in the classroom. In this bold new look at human behavior, award-winning journalist and Olympian Matthew Syed explores the truth about our competitive nature—why we win, why we don't, and how we really play the game of life.

Bounce reveals how competition—the most vivid, primal, and dramatic of human pursuits—provides vital insight into many of the most controversial issues of our time. From biology and economics to psychology and culture, from genetics and race to sports and politics, Bounce shows how competition provides a master key with which to unlock the mysteries of the world.

About the Author:

Matthew Syed is an award-winning journalist on the times, writing for both the sports pages and the comment pages. He is a three-time Commonwealth table-tennis champion and competed in two Olympics. He studied PPE at Balliol College Oxford where he was awarded a prize-winning first class degree.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 000735052X
• ISBN 13: 9780007350520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304