- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Atlantic Books (1 Nov 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843547554
- ISBN-13: 978-1843547556
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 515,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"* 'Both funny and informative.' Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph"
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The world of sport generates perennial debates that can drive a grown man to distraction or create rifts between the firmest of friends. Fear not. "Who would win a Fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee?" is here to save them.Nicholas Hobbes tackles the sports-related questions that thousands of people have debated in front of the TV and in the pub, but for which they have never found a definitive answer. These include: Why do female tennis players grunt? Are English footballers really thicker than foreign players? Why do cyclists shave their legs? Can one swimming pool be 'faster' than another? And who would win a fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee? Drawing on studies by statisticians and scientists, doctors and philosophers, Nicholas Hobbes explains the whys, whats and hows, so you don't have to.
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Surprise your friends with you sporting knowledge,
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This review is from: Who Would Win a Fight Between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee?: The Sports Fan's Book of Answers (Paperback)
This book is written in an informative but fun way and is in short chapters, so you can easily pick it up for ten minutes. It covers a range of different sports such as athletics, football, rugby and boxing and has some interesting theories and opinions.
This would be a perfect gift for someone who is a sports fan.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Warning this is about British "sports"!,
By Kirk R. Jones "Ivan Yeremnko" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Who Would Win a Fight Between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee?: The Sports Fan's Book of Answers (Paperback)
The title is misleading and may catch the attention of North American sports fans, but is not a book for them. Of the fifty short chapters nineteen are about soccer, rugby, cricket and Darts. You can also count on any of the general discussions (home field advantage, best uniform colors, etc) to use soccer as the basis for discussion. The rest of the book is about track and field, horse racing, tennis, and swimming. So if you are a fan of the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL there is nothing here for you. Not only does the book focus on British sports there is a very nationalistic slant to many of the chapters. For Example: English fans are treated unfairly by the rest of the world, Argentina is the biggest cheater in the world cup, English players have too much integrity to take a dive, etc. The best part of the book is it pulls no punches and says the obvious, yet politically unpopular truth. Guess what? Black guys are faster than white guys, Women don't have a prayer in sports against men, Kenyans are genetically gifted to run the marathon. This integrity is enough to make this book worth the guinnies or pounds or schillings or kippers or whatever the hell they are charging for it. |
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