Superhuman : life at the extremes of mental and physical ability
Hooper, Rowan2019
Book
Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? What are the secrets of long life and happiness? Just how much potential does our species have? In this inspirational book, Rowan Hooper takes us on a tour of the peaks of human achievement. We sit down with some of the world's finest minds, from a Nobel-prize winning scientist to a double Booker-prize winning author; we meet people whose power of focus has been the difference between a world record and death; we learn from international opera stars; we go back in time with memory champions, and we explore the transcendent experience of ultrarunners.
Main title:
Superhuman : life at the extremes of mental and physical ability / Rowan Hooper.
Author:
Hooper, Rowan, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2019.
Collation:
344 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349142715 (pbk)
Dewey class:
153.9'8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
392194