Ashley Merryman

Top Dog

The Science of Winning and Losing

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For a decade, it's been a constant drumbeat, from our nation to corporations to employees to our youngest students: we must all be more competitive. But no one's really given us an understanding of how to compete. Finally-that's about to change. As President Dwight Eisenhower said, It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog. And in Top Dog, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman reveal the size of the fight in all of us. Top Dog exposes the hidden factors behind every sort of win and loss-from bringing home a Gold in Olympic swimming to bombing the SAT. Exploring the psychology of rankings, the neuroscience of mi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Bronson, Po

ISBN: 978-0-09-195155-9
EAN: 9780091951559
Produktnummer: 14014304
Verlag: Random House UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman have won nine national awards for their reporting on the science of human development, including the PEN USA Award for Literary Journalism and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for Outstanding Journalism. Their work has been cited as scientific authority in nearly 30 peer-reviewed journals. Prior to collaborating, Bronson authored five books, including the number one New York Times bestseller What Should I Do With My Life? Merryman's journalism has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek, and numerous other venues. Bronson lives in San Francisco, with his wife and two children. Merryman lives in Los Angeles.