The Resource Year of the dunk : a modest defiance of gravity, Asher Price
Year of the dunk : a modest defiance of gravity, Asher Price
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The item Year of the dunk : a modest defiance of gravity, Asher Price represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wilmington Memorial Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The showmanship of the dunk mesmerized Price as a child, but even with his height (six foot plus) and impressive wingspan, he never pushed himself to try it. Now, approaching middle age, Asher decides to spend a year remaking his body and testing his mind as he wonders, like most adults, what untapped talent he still possesses. Along the way he dives into the history and science of one of sports' most exuberant acts, examining everything from our genetic predisposition towards jumping to the cultural role of the slam dunk. The year-long effort forces him to ask some fundamental questions about human ability and the degree to which we can actually improve ourselves, even with great determination
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 269 pages
- Contents
-
- Part 1. The Run-up: Assembling the gurus
- Evolution and the dunk
- Part 2. The Year of the dunk: The dunking year begins: twelve months to go
- Taking the measure of the man
- A natural history of leaping
- The rise of the dunk
- Besting the Fates
- A dunk contest: six months to go
- Girl on fire
- Dayenu
- Psyching myself up
- Aiming too high
- Can white men jump?
- It's gotta be the shoes: one month to go
- Jumping secrets of the Ninjas
- Carrying capacity
- Part 3. Touch-down
- Isbn
- 9780804138031
- Label
- Year of the dunk : a modest defiance of gravity
- Title
- Year of the dunk
- Title remainder
- a modest defiance of gravity
- Statement of responsibility
- Asher Price
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The showmanship of the dunk mesmerized Price as a child, but even with his height (six foot plus) and impressive wingspan, he never pushed himself to try it. Now, approaching middle age, Asher decides to spend a year remaking his body and testing his mind as he wonders, like most adults, what untapped talent he still possesses. Along the way he dives into the history and science of one of sports' most exuberant acts, examining everything from our genetic predisposition towards jumping to the cultural role of the slam dunk. The year-long effort forces him to ask some fundamental questions about human ability and the degree to which we can actually improve ourselves, even with great determination
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Price, Asher
- Dewey number
- 796.323/2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV888.15
- LC item number
- .P74 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dunking (Basketball)
- Basketball
- Basketball
- Dunking (Basketball)
- Label
- Year of the dunk : a modest defiance of gravity, Asher Price
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part 1. The Run-up: Assembling the gurus -- Evolution and the dunk -- Part 2. The Year of the dunk: The dunking year begins: twelve months to go -- Taking the measure of the man -- A natural history of leaping -- The rise of the dunk -- Besting the Fates -- A dunk contest: six months to go -- Girl on fire -- Dayenu -- Psyching myself up -- Aiming too high -- Can white men jump? -- It's gotta be the shoes: one month to go -- Jumping secrets of the Ninjas -- Carrying capacity -- Part 3. Touch-down
- Control code
- 1597545
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804138031
- Isbn Type
- (Print)
- Lccn
- 2014041716
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1597545
- (OCoLC)904011078
- Label
- Year of the dunk : a modest defiance of gravity, Asher Price
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part 1. The Run-up: Assembling the gurus -- Evolution and the dunk -- Part 2. The Year of the dunk: The dunking year begins: twelve months to go -- Taking the measure of the man -- A natural history of leaping -- The rise of the dunk -- Besting the Fates -- A dunk contest: six months to go -- Girl on fire -- Dayenu -- Psyching myself up -- Aiming too high -- Can white men jump? -- It's gotta be the shoes: one month to go -- Jumping secrets of the Ninjas -- Carrying capacity -- Part 3. Touch-down
- Control code
- 1597545
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804138031
- Isbn Type
- (Print)
- Lccn
- 2014041716
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1597545
- (OCoLC)904011078
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