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019 _a1022709989
020 _a9781501168710
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035 _a(OCoLC)1044630831
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092 _a158.1
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aHooper, Rowan,
_eauthor.
_9374264
245 1 0 _aSuperhuman :
_blife at the extremes of our capacity /
_cRowan Hooper.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a344 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index.
505 0 0 _gPart I
_tThinking --
_g1
_tIntelligence --
_g2
_tMemory --
_g3
_tLanguage --
_g4
_tFocus --
_gPart II
_tDoing --
_g5
_tBravery --
_g6
_tSinging --
_g7
_tRunning --
_gPart III
_tBeing --
_g8
_tLongevity --
_g9
_tResilience --
_g10
_tSleeping --
_g11
_tHappiness.
520 _aIn 1997, an endurance runner named Yiannis Kouros ran 188 miles in twenty-four hours. Akira Haraguchi, a sixty year-old man in Tokyo, can recite pi to the 100,000th decimal point. John Nunn was accepted to Oxford University at age 15, the youngest undergraduate in 500 years. After a horrific attack by her estranged husband, Carmen Tarleton was left with burns to over eighty percent of her body. One of her surgeons said her injuries "were beyond anything we have ever seen." After a three-month coma, multiple skin grafts, and successful face transplant, Tarleton is now a motivational speaker. What does it feel like to be exceptional? And what does it take to get there? Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? Just how much potential does our species have? Evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper has the answers. In Superhuman he takes us on a breathtaking tour of the peaks of human achievement that shows us what it feels like to be extraordinary--and what it takes to get there. Drawing on interviews with these "superhumans" and those who have studied them, Hooper assesses the science and genetics of peak potential. His case studies are as inspirational as they are varied, highlighting feats of endurance, strength, intelligence, and memory. Superhuman is a fascinating, eye-opening, and inspiring celebration for anyone who ever felt that they might be able to do something extraordinary in life, for those who simply want to succeed, and for anyone interested in the sublime possibilities of humankind.
650 0 _aSelf-actualization (Psychology)
_9843
650 0 _aExcellence.
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650 0 _aMind and body.
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650 0 _aPerformance.
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