Sport: A Biological, Philosophical, and Cultural Perspective

by Jay Schulkin

Sports are as varied as the people who play them. We run, jump, and swim. We kick, hit, and shoot balls. We ride sleds in the snow and surf in the sea. From the Olympians of ancient Greece to today's professional athletes, from adult pickup soccer games to children's gymnastics classes, people at all levels of ability at all times and in all places have engaged in sport. What drives this phenomenon?

In Sport, the neuroscientist Jay Schulkin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231176767
• ISBN13: 9780231176767
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"