David Epstein

David Epstein obsesses over mistranslations of scientific research and tries to temper the misconceptions that follow them. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World—which Bill Gates chose as his 2020 end-of-year reading recommendation—and of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance. Both books have been translated into more than 20 languages, and the latter was purchased not only by his sister, but also by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. David’s two TED Talks on human performance have been viewed more than 11 million times. He was previously an investigative reporter at ProPublica and a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.