Bounce Intl: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

Syed, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0062004743 / ISBN 13: 9780062004741

Published by Harper, 2010

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Minor scuffing on cover. Pages are clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bounce Intl: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
• Publisher: Harper
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062004743
• ISBN 13: 9780062004741
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Can we really ALL be the best? Is the idea of innate ability holding us back? Could the ability to fail -- and then get over it -- be fundamental to success? Matthew Syed, bestselling writer and international table-tennis champion (after many hours of practice) takes us on a revelatory exploration of being the best and the true nature of talent. In so doing he debunks many cherished myths -- that we can be born brilliant (and that child prodigies prove it); that we are restricted by our genetic make-up; and that social background matters. He also makes some surprising discoveries, including the impact on performance of intense religious belief, why athletes and others 'choke' and how a Hungarian man turned his daughters into three of the best chess players in history. Entertaining, provoking and positive, BOUNCE reveals how we can ALL be exceptional.

About the Author

A two-time Olympian and a graduate of Oxford University, Matthew Syed is a columnist for The Times (London), a commentator for the BBC, and a recipient of the British Press Award for Sports Journalist of the Year, and was named British Sports Feature Writer of the Year by the Sports Journalists' Association.