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The Sports Gene
The Sports Gene is a book written by David Epstein, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated on the effects of genetics and sports training on human athleticism. Through investigative journalism, Epstein takes the reader through his experiences regarding what makes the difference between an amateur and a pro-athlete. The book was published in August 2013 by Penguin Books.

Overview
This book questions nature versus nurture training for athletes in sports by organizing The Sports Gene into anecdotes that favor both sides of the argument. These anecdotes are paired with statistical numbers from sports studies that are further analyzed by Epstein to give the reader an understanding of the magnitude that biology plays in athletics. Tough topics such as the differences in gender and race abilities are questioned by Epstein without bias with interviews from specialists in the field to biographies of the world's greatest Olympians to athletes who had the potential to be great but careers fizzled out.