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Barcode30293102388613
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No796.334 Gree
TitleHow to watch soccer like a genius : what architects, stuntwomen, paleoanthropologists, and computer scientists reveal about the world's game / Nick Greene.
AuthorGreene, Nick, author.
CollectionNF
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Clark County30293102388613796.334 Gree8/14/2026 In Processing 

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International Standard Book Number 9781419777172 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number 1419777173 (hardback)
Personal Name Greene, Nick, author.
Title Statement How to watch soccer like a genius : what architects, stuntwomen, paleoanthropologists, and computer scientists reveal about the world's game / Nick Greene.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Abrams Press, 2026.
Physical Description xvii, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes biographical references.
Formatted Contents Note By any other name -- Section One: From the ground up. The pitch -- Something new is afoot -- Passing fad -- Domino theory -- Section Two: Box to box. Fine line -- A poorly designed experiment -- Machine, learning -- Section Three: Into the ether. Truth and beauty -- Of the essence -- Heads or tails -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Sources.
Summary, Etc. "A brilliant exploration of the most popular sport in the world, from the author of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius. On the surface, soccer seems like the simplest of games: one ball, two teams, two goals, and (preferably) some grass. There's a reason it's the first team sport little kids learn to play. And it is recognizable whether the match is taking place on a muddy schoolyard or in front of billions during the World Cup.But the closer you look, the deeper you plumb the game's multitude of hidden delights, the more wondrously captivating the picture becomes. Nick Greene, author of the celebrated How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius, is a man who knows how to look more closely than most -- especially when he pulls in an eclectic and enchanting group of expert guides to lead the way. Green calls on a professor of color theory to explain the pitch itself, a paleoanthropologist to talk kicking, and an Anglican priest to illuminate how a cataclysmic schism propelled the field games of rowdy nineteenth-century British schoolboys into one of the planet's most wildly successfully enterprises. He digs into what defines the sport, why we love it, and what really happens during a match's ninety minutes (and then some). With eye-opening insights from a domino toppler, a developmental neuroscientist, an art historian, a civil engineer, and more, one thing is certain: You will never look at soccer the same way again"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Soccer History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Soccer.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Soccer Philosophy.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.

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