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Peter Snell
The great Peter Snell was one of the most powerful middle-distance runners of all time. He burst onto the international arena as the surprise winner of the 800 metres at the Rome Olympics in 1960, and in Tokyo in 1964 he won gold medals over 800 and 1500 metres. In all he held eight world records. Since that time world-class runners have broken Snell's records over those distances, but nobody – before, during or since – has come close to matching Snell's withering power over the final few hundred metres. After retiring from running at an early age, Snell went to work and study in the United States. As a self-confessed high-school underachiever, unused to academic study, he initially struggled. But he went on to obtain two university degrees and is now an acknowledged world expert on aging, exercise, nutrition and human performance. This biography is the full account of Peter Snell's life as sensational athlete and respected scientist and academic. it picks up the story from Peter's first biography No Bugles, No Drums, which was published in 1965.
No Bugles No Drums
Olympic 800m champion, NZ's Peter Snell's biography
No Bugles, No Drums
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Random Walks and Electric Networks
Probability theory, like much of mathematics, is indebted to physics as a source of problems and intuition for solving these problems. Unfortunately, the level of abstraction of current mathematics often makes it difficult for anyone but an expert to appreciate this fact. Random Walks and electric networks looks at the interplay of physics and mathematics in terms of an example—the relation between elementary electric network theory and random walks —where the mathematics involved is at the college level.
History of Exercise Physiology
Well illustrated with figures and photos, this text brings together leading authorities in exercise physiology to help readers understand the research findings and meet the most prominent professionals in the field.
How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
Baby Boomer Alert Get ready for the next prime of your life! Today we're living so much longer and more productively that age sixty has truly become the new age forty-the prime of life when our careers are in full swing, our minds are at their most creative, and our passions burn their hottest. -Mark Victor Hansen and Art Linkletter So how do we ensure that our bodies remain fit, our minds alert and creative, our finances stable-even growing-throughout our senior years? TV icon Art Linkletter (incredibly active in several enterprises at the age of 94) and Chicken Soup for the Soul® cocreator Mark Victor Hansen team up to show us how. Much more than a pep talk about maintaining a youthful attitude in our Second Prime, How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life provides tools we can use: strategies, self-tests, worksheets and resources, plus dozens of inspiring stories and humorous anecdotes. Woven together by the authors' own invincible spirits, these empowering principles come alive as Hansen and Linkletter motivate us to find greater purpose and passion in what we do, making the rest of our lives the best ever.
The Mathematical Representation of Physical Reality
This book deals with the rise of mathematics in physical sciences, beginning with Galileo and Newton and extending to the present day. The book is divided into two parts. The first part gives a brief history of how mathematics was introduced into physics—despite its "unreasonable effectiveness" as famously pointed out by a distinguished physicist—and the criticisms it received from earlier thinkers. The second part takes a more philosophical approach and is intended to shed some light on that mysterious effectiveness. For this purpose, the author reviews the debate between classical philosophers on the existence of innate ideas that allow us to understand the world and also the philos...
Use it Or Lose It
Use It Or Lose It is the former great Olympic champion Peter Snell's challenge to us all as we contemplate health and fitness in old age. After researching this subject as a scientist for many years, Snell has written a book for the general reader which was bought in large numbers in its original edition published in 2006. In this new revised edition Snell and co-author Garth Gilmour have added an important new section on omega-3 fatty acids plus an index. There is also a new cover. There is a crisis all over the world, asserts Snell, in the mounting health problems associated with poor exercise and worse eating habits. For the first time, life expectancy is on the verge of shrinking. Now a world expert on the relationship between aging, physical fitness and health, Snell has strong views on what we can all do to keep fit, eat well and be happy. You'll enjoy life longer, claims Peter Snell, if you take on board the messages in this book.
