Becoming Batman - The Possibility of a Superhero

Informationen zum Autor E. Paul Zehr is a professor of neuroscience and kinesiology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the author of Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero , also published by Johns Hopkins. For more information about finding your inner superhero, visit www.inventingironman.com. Klappentext Batman has no superpowers but achieves his feats through rigorous training, mental discipline and fantastic gadgets. In this fun foray into escapism, Zehr explores the possibilities of a human attaining such heights, based on sound science. A fun foray of escapism grounded in sound science, Becoming Batman provides the background for attaining the realizable-though extreme-level of human performance that would allow you to be a superhero.

About the author

E. Paul Zehr is a professor of neuroscience and kinesiology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the author of Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero, also published by Johns Hopkins. For more information about finding your inner superhero, visit www.inventingironman.com.

Product details

• Authors: E Paul Zehr, E. Paul Zehr, E. Paul (University of Victoria) Zehr
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2008
• EAN: 9780801890635
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9063-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Medizin, allgemein, Populärwissenschaftliche Werke, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts & Self-Defense, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Superheroes, SPORTS & RECREATION / Training, Sports training & coaching, Biology, life sciences, Sport & leisure industries, Graphic novels: superheroes & super-villains, Combat sports & self-defence, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General, Graphic novel / Comic book: super-heroes & super-villains