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The Rise of Superman

- Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
Af: Steven Kotler Engelsk Paperback

The Rise of Superman

- Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
Af: Steven Kotler Engelsk Paperback
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A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human.

Right now, more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history. As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity''s Rainbow, ''it is not often that Death is told so clearly to f@%* off''.

Over the past three decades, the bounds of the possible in action and adventure sports - from sky-diving to motocross to surfing and beyond - have been pushed farther and faster. A generation''s worth of iconoclastic misfits have rewritten the rules of the feasible; not just raising the bar, but obliterating it altogether. Along the way, they have become a force pushing evolution relentlessly onward.

In a thrilling narrative that draws on biology, psychology, and philosophy, Steven Kotler asks why, at the tail end of the 20th century and the early portion of the 21st, are we seeing such a multi-sport assault on reality? Did we somehow slip through a wormhole to another universe where gravity is optional and common sense obsolete? And where - if anywhere - do our actual limits lie?

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A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human.

Right now, more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history. As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity''s Rainbow, ''it is not often that Death is told so clearly to f@%* off''.

Over the past three decades, the bounds of the possible in action and adventure sports - from sky-diving to motocross to surfing and beyond - have been pushed farther and faster. A generation''s worth of iconoclastic misfits have rewritten the rules of the feasible; not just raising the bar, but obliterating it altogether. Along the way, they have become a force pushing evolution relentlessly onward.

In a thrilling narrative that draws on biology, psychology, and philosophy, Steven Kotler asks why, at the tail end of the 20th century and the early portion of the 21st, are we seeing such a multi-sport assault on reality? Did we somehow slip through a wormhole to another universe where gravity is optional and common sense obsolete? And where - if anywhere - do our actual limits lie?

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781784291228
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1784291226
Kategori: Populærvidenskab
Udg. Dato: 3 sep 2015
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato: 3 sep 2015
Forfatter(e): Steven Kotler
Forfatter(e) Steven Kotler

Kategori Populærvidenskab

ISBN-13 9781784291228

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 131mm

Udg. Dato 3 sep 2015

Oplagsdato 3 sep 2015

Forlag Quercus Publishing

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