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

ISBN 10: 141974481X / ISBN 13: 9781419744815

Verlag: Harry N. Abrams Apr 2022, 2022

Beschreibung

Neuware - '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 Chris Paul's mystifying dribbling techniques, cartographers 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.'--Provided by publisher.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781419744815

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius : What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal about the Greatest Game on Earth
• Verlag: Harry N. Abrams Apr 2022
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 141974481X
• ISBN-13: 9781419744815
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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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 worldùan insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while itÆs enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because itÆs 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 LeBronÆs ability to delegate on the fly, magicians analyzing Kyrie IrvingÆs mystifying dribbling techniques, SpaceX rocket scientists breaking down Steph CurryÆs deadeye three-point shooting. Every chapter treats basketball to a multi-disciplined study that adventures far beyond the lines of t

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nick Greene is a contributing writer for Slate, prior to which he worked as editor at large at Mental Floss and as web editor at the Village Voice. His work has been published in Vice, Men’s Health, and Chicago Magazine. He lives in Oakland, California.