Using visual ethnography, this book explores the many forms of pleasures that boys derive in and through the spaces and their bodies in physical education. Employing the works of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, it examines how pleasure is connected to identity, schooling, and…
What's the fastest a human can run the 100-meter sprint? What's the longest a human can hold his breath? What are the limits of human performance? Until 1954, common wisdom and scientific knowledge considered a sub-four-minute mile an impossible feat--but today the world record …
La chimie et le sport
Débattre sur les rapports entre chimie et sport illustre l'extrême diversité de la chimie : on y sollicite autant la chimie moléculaire que la chimie des matériaux. Dans le sport, c'est tout l'individu qui mobilise ses possibilités : le cerveau qui concentre toutes les volontés …