Why was Michael Jordan, one of the world's greatest basketball players, merely a mediocre minor league baseball player? Why did the acromegaly that helped make Primo Carnera the heavyweight champion of the world also cause his death? Dr. Klawans couples a neurologist's expertise with a sports buff's enthusiasm to effectively explore the argument that old athletes' brains can't learn new tricks. 12 illustrations.
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Why was Michael Jordan, one of the world's greatest basketball players, merely a mediocre minor league baseball player? Why did the acromegaly that helped make Primo Carnera the heavyweight champion of the world also cause his death? Dr. Klawans couples a neurologist's expertise with a sports buff's enthusiasm to effectively explore the argument that old athletes' brains can't learn new tricks. 12 illustrations.
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