Readership: Should appeal to a wide audience, not only in popular science but in sports science, including students in this growing field.
Chris Cooper, Head of Research, Sports and Exercise Science, University of Essex
Chris Cooper is a distinguished biochemist with over 20 years research and teaching experience. He was awarded a PhD in 1989, a Medical Research Council Fellowship in 1992, and a Wellcome Trust University Award in 1995. In 1997 he was awarded the Melvin H. Knisely Award for 'Outstanding international achievements in research related to oxygen transport to tissue' and in 1999 he was promoted to a Professorship in the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex. His research interests explore the interface of scientific disciplines. His current biochemical interests include developing artificial blood to replace red cell transfusions. His biophysics and engineering skills are being used in designing and testing new portable oxygen monitoring devices to aid UK athletes in their training for the London 2012 Olympics. In 1997 he edited a book entitled Drugs and Ergogenic Aids to Improve Sport Performance.
"this [is an] authoritative primer on the science of doping" - Brian Schofield, Sunday Times {Culture}
Prologue: A tale of two races 1: Introduction 2: The limits of human performance 3: Stoking the fires of life: food 4: Stoking the fires of life: oxygen 5: Muscling up 6: Steroids and beyond... 7: Stimulants 8: Genetic doping 9: Catching the cheats: why? 10: Catching the cheats: how? 11: Conclusions
