About the author
David Epstein is an American investigative journalist and nonfiction writer whose reporting focuses on sport, performance, science, medicine, and how evidence changes popular explanations of achievement. He has worked for Sports Illustrated and ProPublica.
The Sports Gene examined heredity, training, and athletic performance. Range moved from sport into education, science, music, and invention to argue that broad sampling and later specialisation can be advantages in unpredictable fields.
Where to start
Start with Range for the generalist argument across many domains, or The Sports Gene for Epstein's earlier investigation of biology, practice, and elite performance.
