Why We Run: A Natural History - Softcover

Heinrich PhD, Bernd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060958707 ISBN 13: 9780060958701

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2002

Synopsis

In Why We Run, biologist, award-winning nature writer, and ultramarathoner Bernd Heinrich explores a new perspective on human evolution by examining the phenomenon of ultraendurance and makes surprising discoveries about the physical, spiritual -- and primal -- drive to win. At once lyrical and scientific, Why We Run shows Heinrich's signature blend of biology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, infused with his passion to discover how and why we can achieve superhuman abilities.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernd Heinrich is the author of Mind of the Raven, which won the John Burroughs Medal for Natural History Writing and was a New York Times and Los Angeles Times Notable Book as well as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Science and Technology Award. He is also the author of Bumblebee Economics, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and The Trees in My Forest, which won a New England Book Award. A professor of biology at the University of Vermont, Heinrich also spends time in the forests of western Maine, where he has done much of his field research and training for ultramarathons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060958707
• ISBN 13: 9780060958701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304