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Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability - Softcover

Hooper, Rowan

 
9780349142715: Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0349142718 ISBN 13: 9780349142715
Verlag: Abacus, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Superhuman is a fascinating, eye-opening and inspiring celebration of the best that the current human species has to offer.

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Rowan Hooper is Managing Editor of New Scientist magazine, where he has spent more than ten years writing about all aspects of science. He has a PhD in evolutionary biology, and worked as a biologist in Japan for five years, before joining the Japan Times newspaper in Tokyo, and later taking up a fellowship at Trinity College Dublin. Two collections of his long-running column for the paper have been published in Japan, and his work has also appeared in The Economist, Guardian, Wired and the Washington Post. He lives in London with his partner and two daughters.
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'Fascinating, timely and very well put together . . . The range of human activities, and abilities, covered in Rowan Hooper's study is astonishing and inspiring. It's a reminder of the incomparable adaptability that evolution has brought about in the human body and mind, and I found myself frequently wondering: what else are we capable of? How much further can we reach? And not least: how can we make sure the human race survives long enough for all our potential to unfold? The whole study is enthralling' Philip Pullman

'Rowan Hooper's book corrals humans who are the best at things we revere, such as intelligence, musical ability, bravery and endurance, plus the things that matter the most, longevity and happiness. He sought achievers from all over the world and asked them why and how . . . The result is terrifically entertaining. Hooper is the managing editor of New Scientist magazine and that precious thing, an easy, fluent, funny scientist (evolutionary biology in his case). From an armchair this is spectacularly enjoyable. Hooper is an amiable, jaunty companion who explores the science of extreme human achievement - a mix of environment, practice, genetics, psychology and passion. The message from this upbeat, clever, feel good book is that all of us have greater capacity than we realise. I finished the book inspired' Melanie Reid, The Times

'This is a scream - highly entertaining' @MargaretAtwood

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Verlag
Abacus
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0349142718
ISBN 13 
9780349142715
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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