Kyle Harrison
to-read
Developing Talent in Young People
- Author
- Benjamin S. Bloom (editor)
- Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 557
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Bloom’s study of how 120 world-class performers actually got there — the least-read book by the most-cited name in education research.
Published 1985; a retrospective interview study of concert pianists, sculptors, swimmers, tennis players, mathematicians and research neurologists.
Where I saw it: Justin Skycak (@justinskycak) on X, November 29, 2025, on how little-known the book is relative to Bloom’s taxonomy and the two-sigma problem.