TY - BOOK AU - Syed,Matthew TI - Bounce : : Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the science of success / SN - 9780062004741 U1 - 650.1 PY - 2010/// CY - New York : PB - Harper, KW - Ability KW - Excellence KW - Expertise KW - Gifted persons KW - Success N1 - The hidden logic of success -- Miraculous children? -- Path to excellence -- Mysterious sparks and life-changing mind-sets -- Placebo effect -- Curse of choking and how to avoid it -- Baseball rituals, pigeons, and why great sportsmen feel miserable after winning -- Optical illusions and X-ray vision -- Drugs in sport, schwarzenegger mice, and the future of mankind -- Are blacks superior runners? N2 - In this thoughtful, provocative book, a former Olympian persuasively demonstrates how sports offer powerful and often overlooked tools with which to explore fundamental subjects, including biology, morality, globalization, culture, gender, race, and economics ER -