Top dog : the science of winning and losing
Item details
- ISBN: 9781455529551
- ISBN: 1455529559
- Physical Description: vii, 498 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st [large print] ed.
- Publisher: New York : Twelve Large Print, 2013.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-489). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: parachuters and ballroom dancers -- The competition machine -- What goes down when the stakes go up -- How the worriers can beat the warriors -- Even odds: why women need them and men don't -- The utter importance of pillow fights -- The difference between winning and not losing -- How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy -- The 'roid rage of chess -- The hierarchy of teams -- Michelangelo had an agent -- How the Black Sox cleaned up Wall Street. |
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