David Shenk (Data Smog, The End of Patience) is working on a new book about the nature of greatness.

Where does greatness come from? How did Mozart become Mozart or Tiger Woods become Tiger Woods? How does one 10 year-old develop perfect pitch while his kid brother can't even get through "Happy Birthday" without scaring people out of the room? The search for the root of talent and "giftedness" is an old and contentious one, and has high-stakes implications. A century-old nature vs. nurture debate has continuously flummoxed scientists and inflamed popular discourse.

Now, thanks to a gym full of new science, there is a new, third way to understand talent, giftedness, and extraordinary achievement. The details are tricky, but the message and implications are clear.

I'm looking forward to reading this.  He has a companion blog as part of the process of creating this book, which should prove to be very interesting.

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