Superhuman
Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability
$69.69
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2018
Summary
Sunday Times Book of the Year
This is a book about what it feels like to be exceptional - and what it takes to get there. 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-p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408709467 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408709465 |
| Author: | Rowan Hooper |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 591g |
| Dimensions: | 163mm x 244mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
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
About The Author
Rowan Hooper
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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