Introduction: in search of sports genes
Beat by an underhand girl: the gene-free model of expertise
A tale of two high jumpers (or: 10,000 hours plus or minus 10,000 hours)
Major league vision and the greatest child athlete sample ever: the hardware and software paradigm
The talent of trainability
Superbaby, bully whippets, and the trainability of muscle
The big bang of body types
We are all black (sort of): race and genetic diversity
The warrior-slave theory of Jamaican sprinting
Malaria and muscle fibers
The world's greatest accidental (altitudinous) talent sieve
Sled dogs, ultrarunners, and couch potato genes
The heartbreak gene: death, injury, and pain on the field
Epilogue: the perfect athlete.
