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Top dog : the science of winning and losing / Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman.

Author: Bronson, Po, 1964-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Twelve, 2013.

ISBN: 9781455515158 (hbk.)
1455515159 (hbk.)
9781455515141 (pbk.)
1455515140 (pbk.)
9781455515165 (ebk.)
1455515167 (ebk.)
9781455529551 (lg. print : hbk.)
1455529559 (lg. print : hbk.)
9781611130126 (audiobook)
1611130123 (audiobook)

Description: vi, 335 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Competition (Psychology).
Success Psychological aspects.
Failure (Psychology).

Contents: pt. 1. Foundations. Introduction: parachutists and ballroom dancers ; The competition machine ; What goes down when the stakes go up -- pt. 2. Formation. How the worriers can beat the warriors ; Even odds : why women need them and men don't ; The utter importance of pillow fights -- pt. 3. Individual. The difference between winning and not losing ; How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy ; The 'roid rage of chess -- pt. 4. Collective. The hierarchy of teams ; Michelangelo had an agent ; How the Black Sox cleaned up Wall Street.

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