Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of SportThis richly documented history of how science triumphed over sport shows how the Greek ideal of a sound mind in a healthy body has been defeated by the impossible quest to exceed merely human limits. The modern obsession with "enhancing" athletic performance goes back to the 19th century, and the use of steroids is only the latest development in the dehumanization of sport. 8-page photo insert. |
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Contents
The Savage and Civilized | 33 |
The Birth of Sports | 62 |
A History of Doping | 100 |
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| Title | Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of Sport |
| Author | John Milton Hoberman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0029147654, 9780029147658 |
| Length | 374 pages |
| Subjects | › Sports & Recreation / Sports Psychology |
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