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Dear BIOMCH-L member,
This is to inform you that the book:
Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of Sport by John Hoberman
is now available again, back in print from The Blackburn Press.
As germane today as when it was first published in 1992, Mortal Engines exposes the medical and ethical problems of high-performance sport. Part historical record and part cultural analysis, the book dissects the professional and Olympic sports establishments of Europe and America. Author John Hoberman shows how various interest groups-athletes, trainers, physicians, officials, politicians and fans-combine to promote the continued use of illicit drugs to attain athletic records.
Beyond the facts of the real-life examples, Hoberman explores what it means to be human in the face of the temptation to extend athletic ability through the use of performance-enhancing drugs. He also reflects on the future of sport as a new era of unprecedented developments in genetic engineering and hormonal manipulation unfolds.
"John Hoberman has written a continually fascinating, ingenious and well-narrated book about sport, athletes and the use of science in modern sport from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century. It is a book that should be read by anyone who is interested in sports and physiology or, as one might put it, physiopolitics."-Mats Gellerfelt, Svenska Dagbladet. Stockholm: Feb. 12, 1994.
"It is a highly readable book that treats some of the most salient and delicate problems that have plagued high-performance sport since its inception. It is, to put it quite simply, one of the most intelligent and perceptive analyses of elite sport that I have had the pleasure of reading."-William J. Morgan, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 19 (1992): 101, 106.
"The remarkable achievement of Mortal Engines is the extent to which it demonstrates that doped competitors are not so much freaks, cheats or unfortunate victims as they are the logical consequence of a dangerous and destructive set of assumptions which most of us make about our athletes."-Bill Littlefield on Morning Edition, National Public Radio, July 27, 1992.
ISBN 1-930665-37-7
For more information, point your browser to:
http://www.blackburnpress.com/mortalengines.html
or
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930665377/qid=1014212477/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-0109038-7941514
The Blackburn Press is interested in hearing about other out-of-print titles we might consider returning to print. Your suggestions are welcome.
Thank you.
Andrea Herbert
The Blackburn Press
Publishers of classic scientific and technical books
P.O.Box 287, Caldwell, N.J. 07006
973-228-7077 Fax: 973-228-7276
AHerbert@BlackburnPress.com
Explore the latest additions to our list at http://www.BlackburnPress.com
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This is to inform you that the book:
Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of Sport by John Hoberman
is now available again, back in print from The Blackburn Press.
As germane today as when it was first published in 1992, Mortal Engines exposes the medical and ethical problems of high-performance sport. Part historical record and part cultural analysis, the book dissects the professional and Olympic sports establishments of Europe and America. Author John Hoberman shows how various interest groups-athletes, trainers, physicians, officials, politicians and fans-combine to promote the continued use of illicit drugs to attain athletic records.
Beyond the facts of the real-life examples, Hoberman explores what it means to be human in the face of the temptation to extend athletic ability through the use of performance-enhancing drugs. He also reflects on the future of sport as a new era of unprecedented developments in genetic engineering and hormonal manipulation unfolds.
"John Hoberman has written a continually fascinating, ingenious and well-narrated book about sport, athletes and the use of science in modern sport from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century. It is a book that should be read by anyone who is interested in sports and physiology or, as one might put it, physiopolitics."-Mats Gellerfelt, Svenska Dagbladet. Stockholm: Feb. 12, 1994.
"It is a highly readable book that treats some of the most salient and delicate problems that have plagued high-performance sport since its inception. It is, to put it quite simply, one of the most intelligent and perceptive analyses of elite sport that I have had the pleasure of reading."-William J. Morgan, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 19 (1992): 101, 106.
"The remarkable achievement of Mortal Engines is the extent to which it demonstrates that doped competitors are not so much freaks, cheats or unfortunate victims as they are the logical consequence of a dangerous and destructive set of assumptions which most of us make about our athletes."-Bill Littlefield on Morning Edition, National Public Radio, July 27, 1992.
ISBN 1-930665-37-7
For more information, point your browser to:
http://www.blackburnpress.com/mortalengines.html
or
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930665377/qid=1014212477/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-0109038-7941514
The Blackburn Press is interested in hearing about other out-of-print titles we might consider returning to print. Your suggestions are welcome.
Thank you.
Andrea Herbert
The Blackburn Press
Publishers of classic scientific and technical books
P.O.Box 287, Caldwell, N.J. 07006
973-228-7077 Fax: 973-228-7276
AHerbert@BlackburnPress.com
Explore the latest additions to our list at http://www.BlackburnPress.com
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