Range
"Desirable difficulties like testing and spacing make knowledge stick. It becomes durable. Desirable difficulties like making connections and interleaving make knowledge flexible, useful for problems that never appeared in training."
— David Epstein, Range (2019)
Introduction
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| Full title | Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World |
| Author | David Epstein |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Learning; Career development; Expertise |
| Genre | Nonfiction; Self-help |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Publication date | 28 May 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover); e-book; audiobook |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7352-1448-4 |
| Website | penguinrandomhouse.com |
Chapter summary
This outline follows the Riverhead Books hardcover edition (28 May 2019; ISBN 978-0-7352-1448-4).[1][2][3]
🎾 Introduction – Roger vs. Tiger.
🏁 1 – The Cult of the Head Start.
🌍 2 – How the Wicked World Was Made.
➖ 3 – When Less of the Same Is More.
⚡ 4 – Learning, Fast and Slow.
🧭 5 – Thinking Outside Experience.
🪨 6 – The Trouble with Too Much Grit.
🪞 7 – Flirting with Your Possible Selves.
🛰 8 – The Outsider Advantage.
🕹 9 – Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology.
🎓 10 – Fooled by Expertise.
🧯 11 – Learning to Drop Your Familiar Tools.
🎨 12 – Deliberate Amateurs.
🚀 Conclusion – Expanding Your Range.
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References
- ↑ "Range by David Epstein: 9780735214507". Penguin Random House. Riverhead Books. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "RANGE: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World". Kirkus Reviews. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Table of Contents: Range". Schlow Library Catalog. Retrieved 8 November 2025.