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Strokes of genius : a history of swimming /
What could be better than diving into cool water on a hot day? In this enormously enjoyable and informative history of swimming, Eric Chaline sums up this most summery of moments with one phrase: pleasure beckons at the water's edge. Strokes of Genius traces the history of swimming from the fir...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Reaktion Books,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The aquatic hominin
- Divine swimmers
- Harvesting the treasures of the sea
- The art of swimming
- Pure, clean and healthy
- Bathing beauties
- Temples of Neptune
- The silent world
- This sporting life
- Imaginary swimmers
- The aquatic human.