Sports & Recreation

Showing results 1-10 of 12

Filter Results OPEN +

Sort by: Per page: ‹12 ›

Walking

Edited by Tom Jeffreys

ISBN: 9780262547581

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 6, 2024

Walking surveys the proliferation of pedestrian practices across contemporary art, taking an avowedly political stance on where and how the three practices of art, walking, and writing intersect.

Sport 2.0

Transforming Sports for a Digital World

by Andy Miah

ISBN: 9780262551212

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 6, 2024

Ramifications of the convergence of sports and digital technology, from athlete and spectator experience to the role of media innovation at the Olympics.

Hunting

A Cultural History

by Jan E. Dizard and Mary Zeiss Stange

ISBN: 9780262543293

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 4, 2022

The history of hunting, from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to today's sport hunters.

Running Smart

How Science Can Improve Your Endurance and Performance

by Mariska van Sprundel

Translated by Danny Guinan

ISBN: 9780262542449

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 14, 2021

A science writer and recreational runner explores the science behind popularly held beliefs about shoes, injuries, nutrition, “runner's high,” and more.

Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology

Edited by Massimiliano L. Cappuccio

Foreword by Richard S. W. Masters and David Papineau

ISBN: 9780262038508

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 1, 2019

The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice.

Bad Call

Technology's Attack on Referees and Umpires and How to Fix It

by Harry Collins, Robert Evans and Christopher Higgins

ISBN: 9780262534444

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 1, 2017

How technologies can get it wrong in sports, and what the consequences are—referees undermined, fans heartbroken, and the illusion of perfect accuracy maintained.

Off-Track and Online

The Networked Spaces of Horse Racing

by Holly Kruse

ISBN: 9780262034418

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 1, 2016

How horse racing's pioneering use of communication and information networks helped shape the modern media, information, and leisure environment.

Surf Craft

Design and the Culture of Board Riding

by Richard Kenvin

ISBN: 9780262027601

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 18, 2014

The evolution of the surfboard, from traditional Hawaiian folk designs to masterpieces of mathematical engineering to mass-produced fiberglass.

City Cycling

Edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler

ISBN: 9780262517812

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 12, 2012

A guide to today's urban cycling renaissance, with information on cycling's health benefits, safety, bikes and bike equipment, bike lanes, bike sharing, and other topics.