Football School: Where Football Explains the World
published by
Walker Books
(2016)
A funny, fact-filled and fascinating book that celebrates the joy of football and shows how it explains the world.
Two successful popular science and football writers team up to explain the world to children through football. In a snappy, entertaining question and answer format, they will use engaging anecdotes from international football to cover issues of physics (are tall players better than small players?), psychology (how do you save a penalty?), finance (why do footballers earn so much?), biology (how do footballers find the right time to go to the toilet?) and much more. Their well-honed skills as narrative non-fiction writers mean they write in a wonderfully accessible, funny but un-patronising way. They are also both seasoned public speakers, appearing regularly at events, and on TV and radio ? experience they will put to good use in creating an entertaining double act to tour schools and festivals.
Co-authored with Ben Lyttleton.
Two successful popular science and football writers team up to explain the world to children through football. In a snappy, entertaining question and answer format, they will use engaging anecdotes from international football to cover issues of physics (are tall players better than small players?), psychology (how do you save a penalty?), finance (why do footballers earn so much?), biology (how do footballers find the right time to go to the toilet?) and much more. Their well-honed skills as narrative non-fiction writers mean they write in a wonderfully accessible, funny but un-patronising way. They are also both seasoned public speakers, appearing regularly at events, and on TV and radio ? experience they will put to good use in creating an entertaining double act to tour schools and festivals.
Co-authored with Ben Lyttleton.
Other books by Alex Bellos
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Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches From The Wonderful World of Mathematics
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Alex Through the Looking Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
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Can You Solve My Problems? A Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles
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Football School Season 2: Where Football Explains the World
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Football School Season 3: Where Football Explains the World
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So You Think You've Got Problems? Surprising and Rewarding Puzzles to Sharpen Your Mind
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Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World
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The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums From Across the Globe
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Think Twice: Solve the Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
Other books by Ben Lyttleton
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Football School Season 2: Where Football Explains the World
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Football School Season 3: Where Football Explains the World
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Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World
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Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty
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Edge: Leadership Secrets from Football's Top Thinkers