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Top dog : the science of winning and losing Cover Image Book Book

Top dog : the science of winning and losing / Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman.

Bronson, Po, 1964- (Author). Merryman, Ashley. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781455515158 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781455515141 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: vi, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Twelve, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: parachutists and ballroom dancers -- The competition machine -- What goes down when the stakes go up -- How the worriers can beat the warriors -- Even odds: why women need them and men don't -- The utter importance of pillow fights -- The difference between winning and not losing -- How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy -- The 'roid rage of chess -- The hierarchy of teams -- Michelangelo had an agent -- How the Black Sox cleaned up Wall Street.

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Subject: Competition (Psychology)
Success > Psychological aspects.
Failure (Psychology)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

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0 current holds with 1 total copy.

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Main 302.14 B789t (Text) 31307020596591 Storage Available -

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