Science sports gene review

The Sports Gene provides a wonderful background to a future in which emerging technologies will bring the nature-versus-nurture debate into even sharper focus

Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and Outliers

I can’t remember a book that has fascinated, educated—and provoked—me as much as The Sports Gene. Epstein has changed forever the way we measure elite athletes and their achievements.

Dan Coyle on Range

Brilliant, timely, and utterly impossible to put down. If you care about improving skill, innovation, and performance, you need to read this book.

O Magazine blurb

An assiduously researched and accessible argument for being a jack of all trades.

Time Magazine 10 New Books to Read in May

Epstein analyzes athletes, artists, musicians and more to demonstrate his belief in the power of learning from a diverse set of experiences in order to become stronger in an individualized area.

Kirkus Reviews for Range

A fresh, brisk look at creativity, learning, and the meaning of achievement.

Shelf Awareness review

Epstein offers an exhilarating vision of how smart, curious people can more skillfully apply their best thinking to change and improve the world.

Booklist review

Equally entertaining and enlightening, this will appeal to readers with an eye on the future.

Library Journal

All readers eager to look into the next trench over for innovative ideas to solve their problems will welcome this remarkable, densely packed work.

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