Introduction: Finding the limits
Raw speed: how fast can a human run?
Pumping iron: the limits of pure strength
Swimming: how fast can someone swim the 50-meter freestyle?
Performance-enhancing substances: a digression
Driving for dough: what's the farthest someone can hit a golf ball?
Hang time: how high can basketball take the dunk?
Breathing lessons: what's the longest someone can hold his breath?
The last slugger: hitting the longest homer
The marathon and the mile: the limits of the legendary distances
Epilogue: Are perfection points reachable?
