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The mismeasure of man / by Stephen Jay Gould

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Norton, c1996.Edition: Revised and expandedDescription: 444 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0393039722
  • 9780393314250
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.9309 GO MI
Online resources: Summary: The definitive refutation to the argument of -- The Mismeasure of ManAnd yet the idea of innate limits?of biology as destiny?dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to?The Bell CurveThe Bell Curve. Further, he has added five essays on questions of The Bell Curve in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton University has said, "a major contribution toward deflating pseudo-biological 'explanations' of our present social woes."
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 153.9309 GO MI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Oct2018 T0060516

Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-430) and index.

The definitive refutation to the argument of -- The Mismeasure of ManAnd yet the idea of innate limits?of biology as destiny?dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to?The Bell CurveThe Bell Curve. Further, he has added five essays on questions of The Bell Curve in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton University has said, "a major contribution toward deflating pseudo-biological 'explanations' of our present social woes."

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