'A wonderful book. Thoughtful...fascinating'Malcolm GladwellDo you believe some people are born athletesIs sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and practiseIn this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success,award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate,and explodes myths about how and why humans excel.Along the way,Epstein:- Exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. - Shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not - like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player.- Uncovers why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary,like the motivation to practice,might in fact have important genetic components.Throughout,The Sports Gene forces us to rethink the very nature of success.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780224091626Number of pages: 352Weight: 245 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
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A wonderful book. Thoughtful... fascinating.Provides a powerful and convincing analysis of how genes influence all our lives,especially the careers of elite sportsmenA fascinating,thought-provoking look at the leading edge of sports performance,written by a guy who knows the territory. David,besides being a senior writer for Sports Illustrated,wasa collegiate runner for Columbia University. More to the point,he's a terrific researcher and a fine,thoughtful writerFull credit to David Epstein,a Sports Illustrated journalist with a serious and deep knowledge of genetics and sports science,for his terrific and unblinking new book,The Sports Gene,a timely corrective to the talent-denial industryEndlessly fascinating
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