Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

by Matthew Syed

Overview

In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics, award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success-in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you'd want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point will find many interesting and helpful insights in Bounce.

Editorial Reviews

Michael Sherwood

Compelling and, at times, exhilarating—Bounce explains high achievement in sport, business, and beyond.

Jonathan Edwards

Intellectually stimulating and hugely enjoyable at a stroke. . . . Challenged some of my most cherished beliefs about life and success.

Mark Thomas

A cutting edge dissection—and ultimate destruction—of the myth of innate talent in the pursuit of excellence. Syed synthesizes his evidence with the precision of an academic, writes with the fluidity of a journalist, and persuades with the drive of a sportsman. Read this book.

Dan Ariely

Sport is often used as an analogy for business, education, and personal relationships. In this insightful and entertaining book, Matthew Syed takes us a step deeper into the world of sports, showing us how much we can learn about our own behavior.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170354207
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/20/2010
Edition description:	Unabridged

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