By: David Epstein
Pages: 353
Sports
My recommendation: 8 / 10
Date read: 19th Jun'18
Brief review: In this path breaking and award winning researched book, David Epstein thread bares the secret of success of athletes and goes on to suggest that human genes has a lot to do with why they excel. While hard work, dedication and practice definitely yield results, having a special gene makes an athletes job much easier. So much so that sometimes, less practice is good. It is surprising but being a descendant of certain tribe, living in a certain environment or being blessed with specific genetics can help you skip the queue to become a champion. Endless examples from the real world of sports will keep you engaged, though at times, the author gets into too much detail. A long book which can be read by skipping the part where it gets too deep to understand the composition of human body.
