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Faster, higher, smarter : bright ideas that transformed sports
- Title
- Faster, higher, smarter : bright ideas that transformed sports / Simon Shapiro ; art by Theo Krynauw and Warwick Goldswain.
- Author
- Shapiro, Simon
- Publication
- Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- 120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
- Summary
- Looks at the hard science behind many inventions and improvements in sports. Readers will find out how the introduction of the aluminum bat changed baseball; how a slapshot works, and what's involved in bending a ball like Beckham. It also covers the history of such milestones as the introduction of diversity, disabled athletes, and women in sport.
- Alternative Title
- Faster, highter, smarter
- Subjects
- Note
- Title misspelled "Faster, highter, smarter" on spine.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 118) and index.
- Contents
- High jump: the Fosbury Flop -- Pole vault: flexible fiberglass -- Baseball: Ted Williams and the art of swing speed -- Football: getting a kick out of soccer -- Hockey: the terrifying slap shot -- Skateboarding: Ollie up! -- Speed skating: slapping on speed -- Cycling: Obree, the Flying Scotsman -- Wheelchair sports: Hang Glider to Wheeler-Dealer -- Swimming: the Berkoff Blastoff -- Ski jumping: V for victory -- Blade running: run like a Cheetah -- Skiing and tennis: a head for innovation -- Bungy jumping: a leap of faith -- Cheating: steroid scandals -- Statistics: analytics and the A's -- Basketball: Michael Jordan's hang time.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1444
- ISBN
- 9781554518142
- 1554518148
- 9781554518135
- 155451813X
- OCLC
- 919014021
- Author
- Shapiro, Simon, author.
- Title
- Faster, higher, smarter : bright ideas that transformed sports / Simon Shapiro ; art by Theo Krynauw and Warwick Goldswain.
- Publisher
- Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 118) and index.
- Added Author
- Krynauw, Theo, illustrator.Goldswain, Warwick, illustrator.
- Spine Title
- Faster, highter, smarter
- Other Form:
- Shapiro, Simon, author. Faster, higher, smarter. (CaOONL)20159053463
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1444