The great G.O.A.T. debate : the best of the best in everything from sports to science / Paul Volponi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]Copyright date: Description: x, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538153154
  • 1538153157
Other title:
  • Great GOAT debate
  • Great greatest of all time debate
  • Best of the best in everything from sports to science
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Great G.O.A.T. debateDDC classification:
  • 031.02 23
LOC classification:
  • AG106 .V65 2022
Contents:
Athlete (all around) -- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias vs. Jim Thorpe -- Band (music) -- The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones -- Baseball player -- Babe Ruth vs. Hank Aaron -- Building designer/architect -- Zaha Hadid vs. Frank Lloyd Wright -- Chess player -- Hou Yifan vs. Gary Kasparov -- Composer -- John Williams vs. Ludwig van Beethoven -- Dancer (female), dancer (male) -- Anna Pavlova vs. Janet Jackson, Mikhail Baryshnikov vs. Michael Jackson -- Electric guitar player -- Jimi Hendrix vs. B.B. King -- Hoops star (female), hoops star (male) -- Maya Moore vs. Anne Meyers, LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan -- Inventor -- Leonardo da Vinci vs. Nikola Tesla -- Jazz soloist -- Ella Fitzgerald vs. Miles Davis -- Jockey -- Angel Cordero Jr. vs. John Velazquez -- Martial artist -- Rickson Gracie vs. Bruce Lee -- Mathematician -- Srinivasa Ramanujan vs. Sir Isaac Newton -- MC (hip-hop artist) -- Nas vs. Jay Z -- Orator (public speaker) -- Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Sir Winston Churchill -- Philosopher -- Plato vs. Albert Camus -- Quarterback -- Joe Montana vs. Tom Brady -- Sci-Fi franchise -- Star Trek vs. Star Wars -- Scientist -- Marie Curie vs. Albert Einstein -- Stunt person -- Dar Robinson vs. Jeannie Epper -- Super hero squad -- Justice League vs. Avengers -- TV moment -- Moon Landing vs. Ellen's Coming-out Episode -- Video game -- Mario Brothers vs. Pac-Man -- Villain (fictional) -- Lord Voldemort vs. Joker -- Wrestler -- Mildred Burke vs. Dan Gable -- Writer -- William Shakespeare vs. Mark Twain.
Summary: "This book will expand the horizons of teen and pre-teen readers in an exciting and engaging way, by debating the Greatest of All Time in a variety of categories. Topics include the greatest athlete of all time, greatest band, greatest inventor, greatest scientist, greatest writer, greatest sci-fi franchise, and more"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Who is the greatest athlete of all time? The greatest chess player? Inventor? Super hero squad? Volponi pairs up people in twenty-five categories, presents the facts about each person, and then encourages you to approach the subject as a topic for debate. The participants picked may not be the entries that you would have chosen, but Volponi uses this as a base for introducing you to basic debating techniques. -- adapted from back cover, Introduction, and perusal of book
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Athlete (all around) -- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias vs. Jim Thorpe -- Band (music) -- The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones -- Baseball player -- Babe Ruth vs. Hank Aaron -- Building designer/architect -- Zaha Hadid vs. Frank Lloyd Wright -- Chess player -- Hou Yifan vs. Gary Kasparov -- Composer -- John Williams vs. Ludwig van Beethoven -- Dancer (female), dancer (male) -- Anna Pavlova vs. Janet Jackson, Mikhail Baryshnikov vs. Michael Jackson -- Electric guitar player -- Jimi Hendrix vs. B.B. King -- Hoops star (female), hoops star (male) -- Maya Moore vs. Anne Meyers, LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan -- Inventor -- Leonardo da Vinci vs. Nikola Tesla -- Jazz soloist -- Ella Fitzgerald vs. Miles Davis -- Jockey -- Angel Cordero Jr. vs. John Velazquez -- Martial artist -- Rickson Gracie vs. Bruce Lee -- Mathematician -- Srinivasa Ramanujan vs. Sir Isaac Newton -- MC (hip-hop artist) -- Nas vs. Jay Z -- Orator (public speaker) -- Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Sir Winston Churchill -- Philosopher -- Plato vs. Albert Camus -- Quarterback -- Joe Montana vs. Tom Brady -- Sci-Fi franchise -- Star Trek vs. Star Wars -- Scientist -- Marie Curie vs. Albert Einstein -- Stunt person -- Dar Robinson vs. Jeannie Epper -- Super hero squad -- Justice League vs. Avengers -- TV moment -- Moon Landing vs. Ellen's Coming-out Episode -- Video game -- Mario Brothers vs. Pac-Man -- Villain (fictional) -- Lord Voldemort vs. Joker -- Wrestler -- Mildred Burke vs. Dan Gable -- Writer -- William Shakespeare vs. Mark Twain.

"This book will expand the horizons of teen and pre-teen readers in an exciting and engaging way, by debating the Greatest of All Time in a variety of categories. Topics include the greatest athlete of all time, greatest band, greatest inventor, greatest scientist, greatest writer, greatest sci-fi franchise, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Who is the greatest athlete of all time? The greatest chess player? Inventor? Super hero squad? Volponi pairs up people in twenty-five categories, presents the facts about each person, and then encourages you to approach the subject as a topic for debate. The participants picked may not be the entries that you would have chosen, but Volponi uses this as a base for introducing you to basic debating techniques. -- adapted from back cover, Introduction, and perusal of book

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