Higher, Further, Faster / Science Museum TechKnow Series (PDF)

Sport is undergoing a global technological revolution. Year on
year, records are smashed, equipment gets more sophisticated,
facilities improve almost beyond recognition. These changes are
impacting on all areas of sport, from shoes to cycles and stadia.
Is this making sport more exciting for participants and spectators?
Or are talent and determination becoming secondary to money and
technology, devaluing honest competition?

In Higher, Further, Faster..., Stewart Ross looks at these
questions and much more. Starting with a description of
technology's impact on elements common to various sports, such as
bats, balls, pitches and special clothing, he then examines the
controversies that arise almost daily, from golf club technology to
the use of Hawk-eye in tennis. He also looks ahead to the
techno-future of major sports such as football, tennis, golf,
cricket, cycling and motor sport, and asks where they are
going:

* Are referees and umpires becoming redundant?

* If drugs will always win, do we really have a choice about
using them?

* Will we ever see a Super-Human Olympics?

* Is modern professional sport more about technology than
talent?

* Can athletes from the developing world ever hope to compete in
modern sport?

This book is a must-read for all participants and fans who want
to understand the technological upheaval that is shaking modern
sport to its very foundations. One thing's for sure: whether you
find it stimulating or just plain scary, the future will be very,
very different...

About the author

Stewart Ross is a full-time writer with some 200 published titles
to his credit. He is also an occasional journalist and broadcaster,
a frequent lecturer, notably on the QE2 and at ICES (La Roche sur
Yon, France, where he lectures to science students), and a much
sought-after presenter of workshops to schools and adult
groups.

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