Exercised : why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding / Daniel E. Lieberman.
Exercised : why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding / Daniel E. Lieberman.
Exercised : why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding / Daniel E. Lieberman.
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Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2021/2036
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 440 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. Are We Born to Rest or Run -- Part I: Inactivity -- 2. Inactivity: The Importance of Being Lazy -- 3. Sitting: Is it the New Smoking? -- 4. Sleep: Why Stress Thwarts Rest -- Part II: Speed, Strength and Power -- 5. Speed: Neither Tortoise nor Hare -- 6. Strength: From Brawny to Scrawny -- 7. Figh...
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Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"This highly engaging landmark work, a natural history of exercise--by the author of the best seller The Story of the Human Body--seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest The first three parts of Exercised roughly follow the evolutionary story of human physical activity and inactivity, even as each chapter shatters a par...
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Exercised : why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding / Daniel E. Lieberman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/2036
Record Identifier
74VKaLpZz023
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaLpZz023
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ISBN
1524746983
9781524746988
DDC
612.044
MMS ID
991024426024702626
