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The sports gene

Hardcover • 2013 • English

The sports gene

By David Epstein

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 co...Show more

Sport: general
Sporting events and management
Field hockey

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ISBN

9781591845119

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

The sports gene

Format

Hardcover

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