Sports Gene Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

Name: Sports Gene Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
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ISBN: 9781617230127

ISBN-10: 161723012X

ISBN-13: 9781617230127

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Authors: David Epstein

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What explains the Manning brothers, the Williams sisters, and all those worldclass Jamaican sprinters?Do superstar athletes like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps owe their success to genetic luck? Or are they basically normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive training?In this acclaimed New York Times bestseller, David Epstein tackles the ancient nature versus nurture debate by exploring the latest scientific research. He shows why some skills that we assume are innate, like the speedy reactions of a baseball batter, are not, and why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like an athelete’s will to train, might have…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/29/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.44" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

David Epstein is an award-winning senior writer for Sports Illustrated, where he covers sports science, medicine, and Olympic sports. His investigative pieces are among Sports Illustrated's most high-profile stories. An avid runner himself, he earned All-East honours on Columbia University's varsity track squad. This is his first book.