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Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in sport
Chris Cooper
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Description for Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in sport
Paperback. Sportsmen and women achieve extraordinary feats through hard work and natural talent. But some do use drugs to push the body further. How do the drugs work? Do they work? Is it possible to test for them? Chris Cooper explains the biochemistry, revealing how people cheat now, and how they might in future. Num Pages: 320 pages, Approximately 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance. Showing the basic problems of human biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy, he looks at what stops us running faster, throwing longer, or jumping higher. Using these evidence-based arguments he shows what the body can, and cannot, do. There is much curiosity about why certain substances are used, how they are detected, ... Read more
Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance. Showing the basic problems of human biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy, he looks at what stops us running faster, throwing longer, or jumping higher. Using these evidence-based arguments he shows what the body can, and cannot, do. There is much curiosity about why certain substances are used, how they are detected, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199678785
SKU
V9780199678785
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About Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper is a distinguished biochemist with over 20 years research and teaching experience. He was awarded a PhD in 1989, a Medical Research Council Fellowship in 1992, and a Wellcome Trust University Award in 1995. In 1997 he was awarded the Melvin H. Knisely Award for 'Outstanding international achievements in research related to oxygen transport to tissue' and in ... Read more
Reviews for Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in sport
An enjoyable and informative read that goes into a fair amount of detail.
Tom Withers, Sport and Exercise Scientist
This [is an] authoritative primer on the science of doping
Brian Schofield, Sunday Times {Culture}
An interesting and informative book ... This book would be an excellent accompaniment to the coverage of the Olympic games this summer. ... Read more
Tom Withers, Sport and Exercise Scientist
This [is an] authoritative primer on the science of doping
Brian Schofield, Sunday Times {Culture}
An interesting and informative book ... This book would be an excellent accompaniment to the coverage of the Olympic games this summer. ... Read more