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EBOOK Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat:The science behind drugs in sport
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191633768
EAN: AFE841F8EB
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Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2012
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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-basedarguments he        shows what the body can, and cannot, do. There is much curiosity about why certain        substances are used, how they are detected, and whether they truly have an effect on        the body. Cooper explains how these drugs work and the challenges of testing for        them, putting in to context whether the'doping' methods of choice are worth the risk        or the effort.Exploring the moral, political, and ethical issues involved in        controlling drug use, Cooper addresses questions such as 'What is cheating?', 'What        compounds are legal and why?', 'Why do the classification systems change all the        time?', and 'Should all chemicals be legal, and what effect would this have on        sport?'. Looking forward, he examines the recent work to study the physical        limitations of rat and mice behaviour. He shows that, remarkably, simple genetic        experiments producing 'supermice'suggest that there may be ways of improving human        performance too, raising ethical and moral questions for the future of sport.

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