How to Watch Soccer Like a Genius

Take a closer look at the world's favourite game - the one that's known as football to most of us - through a kaleidoscopic interdisciplinary prism, taking in all manner of seemingly unrelated areas of expertise from architecture to paleontology. Notes on the pitch are provided by a turf manager, an expert on colour theory and a landscape historian; expert commentary comes from a domino toppler, a developmental neuroscientist, an art historian and a civil engineer. The deceptively simple game is meticulously deconstructed and explored, with curiosity and intellectual rigour, revealing surprising complexity to go with the all the obvious adrenaline and drama. This would make a great gift for football fans who like to think deeply about the beautiful game.

Hardback, 272 pages
Measures 23.6 x 15.9 x 2.6cm