“I recommend this book generally to sports fans, but more importantly this book should also be read by people who are broadly interested in how an individual’s biology interacts with their behavior (training), their environment, and their culture.” - Dr.

He is also the author of The Sports Gene, a book that explores the complex factors that make up a championship athlete. In 2019, Epstein authored Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.

He recently started the Range Report so to scrutinize science in the news, and share tips for scientific thinking. David Epstein has a master’s degree in environmental science and is an award-winning senior writer for Sports Illustrated, where he covers sports science, medicine, and Olympic sports. nurture, and the sticky topics that sports scientists are hesitant to address. David Epstein The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance Paperback Apby David Epstein (Author) 1,914 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Library Binding 30.60 1 Used from 25.98 1 New from 30.60 1 Collectible from 73. While getting his master’s degree in environmental science, Epstein lived on a ship in the Pacific Ocean and in a tent in the Arctic only later, as an investigative science reporter, did he realize why his own scientific research had been mostly poor. David Epstein, author of The Sports Gene, talks about brains vs. Prior to that, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, where he authored or coauthored many of the magazine’s most high profile stories. The Sports Gene Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein Hardcover, 338 pages purchase Sports Illustrated senior writer David Epstein says scientists are. David Epstein was previously a reporter at ProPublica, where his investigative reporting spanned poor medical research to poor drug enforcement practices.

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