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David Epstein

The Sports Gene

Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

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The New York Times bestseller - with a new afterword added to the paperback - from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team could consist of five men who run next to one another, stride for stride, day after day, and nonetheless turn out five entirely different runners. How co… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-59184-511-9
  • EAN: 9781591845119
  • Produktnummer: 19409113
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 352 S.
  • Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.1 cm x D3.0 cm 557 g
  • Gewicht: 557

Über den Autor


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. His investigative pieces are among Sports Illustrated's most high-profile stories. An avid runner himself, he earned All-East honors on Columbia University's varsity track squad. This is his first book. He lives in Brooklyn.For more information visit http://thesportsgene.com.

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