Robert Pool
Science writer and author
Robert Pool is a science writer and former mathematics professor. He co-wrote Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise with Anders Ericsson.
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Born in Africa
About Robert Pool
Robert Pool holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Rice University and began his career as a researcher and mathematics professor. He later moved into writing, working as a business writer and science columnist for newspapers. He then joined the journals Science, as a research news writer and correspondent, and Nature, as news editor. He has also taught science writing at Johns Hopkins University. Pool has written four books for a general audience: Eve's Rib, Fat, Beyond Engineering and Peak. He wrote Peak with the expertise researcher Anders Ericsson, and it was published in 2016. He has also written and edited many reports and workshop summaries for the National Academies, and he has worked as a consultant and speaker on deliberate practice.