This book helped my jump shot in basketball! More seriously, for sports nuts, this is a fascinating book. It discusses the scientific underpinnings of sports. The author, Peter Brancazio, notes his personal odyssey in this linkage of science with sports. He earned his Ph. D. in the sciences--and was an amateur athlete. One day, while playing basketball, a fellow player said (page 14): "if you're so smart, how come you stink...
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