The mismeasure of man /
By: Gould, Stephen Jay
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BookPublisher: New York : Norton, c1996.Edition: Revised and expanded.Description: 444 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0393039722; 9780393314250Subject(s): Intelligence tests -- History | Ability -- Testing -- History | Personality tests -- History | Craniometry -- HistoryDDC classification: 153.9309 GO MI Online resources: Location Map
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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) | Available | Oct2018 | T0060516 |
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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."