How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth

Nick Greene

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Abrams, 2022

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A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, winemakers, therapists, and more Basketball is the second-most popular sport in the world?an insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while it?s enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because it?s a game of culture, art, and all the things that make us human.How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius deconstructs the sport from top to bottom and then puts it back together again, detailing its intricacies through reporting and dozens of interviews with experts. These experts, however, are a diverse group: wine critics weighing in on LeBron?s ability to delegate on the fly, magicians analyzing Kyrie Irving?s mystifying dribbling techniques, SpaceX rocket scientists breaking down Steph Curry?s deadeye three-point shooting. Every chapter treats basketball to a multi-disciplined study that adventures far beyond the lines of the court, examining key elements of the sport from some surprising and revealing angles. There?s a reason it has conquered the world, and every game is a chance to learn about pop culture, fashion, history, science, art, and anything else that bounces our way.…

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How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
Auteur
Nick Greene
Éditeur
Abrams
Année de publication
2022
État de l'article
Good
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
141974481X
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781419744815

World of Books (was SecondSale)

Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis

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