“This stuff is catnip to a sports fan.” - The Week
“[Brenkus] busts out some Hawking-like equations in an effort to calculate the outer limits of human athletic performance.” - New York Times Book Review
“If you’re interested in understanding the American character, there are plenty of texts to consult- including, of course, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence and Alexis de Tocqueville’s meditations on this country. Here’s another work to add to the mix: John Brenkus’s The Perfection Point, about the absolute limits of human athletic performance.” - Wall Street Journal
“Fascinating...Sure to spark debate in sporting and scientific circles, the book is engagingly written, well argued, and-even when the conclusions seem almost science-fictiony-entirely plausible.” - Booklist (starred review)