A blog + a book
- How science is unveiling a rich new understanding of genetics, talent, and intelligence -- and the lessons we can all apply to our own lives. Read more in my introductory post.
Eventually this will be a book (to be published by Doubleday in 2009-ish). Along the way, I'll be posting my research and ideas on this blog in order to draw critiques, questions, suggestions, and stories of your personal experience.
Me
- I'm David Shenk, author of five previous books, including The Immortal Game, The Forgetting and Data Smog. I've also contributed to National Geographic, Slate, Gourmet, Harper's, Wired, The New Yorker, The New York Times and National Public Radio. More about me here.
You
- Are you good, great or exceptional at something? How did it happen? Are you a parent or sibling of a wunderkind? I'd be grateful for your story, either via public posting here or as a private email to me.
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Recent Posts
- Nightline gets caught in genetic testing trap
- The Genetics of Mathematics
- Nice, if conventional, refutation
- Amy Harmon's DNA is not definitive
- Benefits of bilingualism (or multilingualism)
- More from Diana Deutsch on Perfect Pitch
- Plugging my new paperback
- David Brooks gets intelligence right -- but genetics wrong
- Study shows I'm smarter than my brothers
- The surprising realities of Absolute Pitch and Tone Deafness
