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The mismeasure of man

Exposes the fatal flaws in the ranking of people according to their supposed gifts and limits by discussing the development of the theory of limits and by reanalyzing the data on which it is based.

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  • "Intelligence sous la toise des savants"
  • "Mismeasure of man"
  • "Mismeasure of man"@it

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  • "When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined. In this edition, Stephen Jay Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book and tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through The 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.""
  • "Exposes the fatal flaws in the ranking of people according to their supposed gifts and limits by discussing the development of the theory of limits and by reanalyzing the data on which it is based."@en
  • "Intelligenztest / Geschichte."
  • "Hirn / Gewicht / Intelligenz."
  • "Selon le déterminisme biologique, le comportement des groupes humains et les différences entre eux (race, classe, sexe) sont innés et héréditaires. La société serait donc le reflet exact de la biologie. Les opprimés seraient inférieurs et mériteraient leur statut. L'accent est mis sur les faiblesses scientifiques de ces arguments et sur le contexte politique dans lequel ils ont été élaborés."
  • "This book was immediately hailed as a masterwork when first published in 1981, the answer to those who would rank people according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. And yet the idea of innate limits--of biology as destiny--dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to "The Bell Curve," whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined by biologist Gould. In this revised edition, Dr. Gould traces the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness. Further, he has added five essays on questions of "The Bell Curve" in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general.--From publisher description."
  • "This book was immediately hailed as a masterwork when first published in 1981, the answer to those who would rank people according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. And yet the idea of innate limits--of biology as destiny--dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to "The Bell Curve," whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined by biologist Gould. In this revised edition, Dr. Gould traces the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness. Further, he has added five essays on questions of "The Bell Curve" in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general.--From publisher description."@en
  • "Schädel / Masse / Rassen."
  • "Examines the history and inherent flaws of the tests science has used to measure intelligence."

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  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "Kritische Darstellung"
  • "Studie"
  • "Student Collection"
  • "History"@es
  • "History"
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  • "La falsa medida del hombre"@es
  • "La falsa medida del hombre"
  • "La mal-mesure de l'homme : l'intelligence sous la toise des savants"
  • "Az elméricskélt ember"@hu
  • "Az elméricskélt ember"
  • "Za-mera človeka"@sl
  • "La Mal-mesure de l'homme"
  • "Themismeasure of man"
  • "La mal-mesure de l'homme"
  • "Der Falsch Vermessene Mensch"
  • "The mismeasure of man"@es
  • "The mismeasure of man"@en
  • "The mismeasure of man"
  • "Der falsch vermessene Mensch"
  • "La mal-mesure de l'homme l'intelligence sous la toise des savants"
  • "Jak neměřit člověka : pravda a předsudky v dějinách hodnocení lidské inteligence"
  • "A falsa medida do homem"@pt
  • "A falsa medida do homem"
  • "Le mal-mesure de l'homme : l'intellingence sous la toise des savants"
  • "Mismeasure of man"@en
  • "Mismeasure of man"
  • "Gizonaren neurketa okerra"
  • "The Mismeasure of man"
  • "La Falsa medida del hombre"
  • "Intelligenza e pregiudizio : le pretese scientifiche del razzismo"
  • "Intelligenza e pregiudizio : le pretese scientifiche del razzismo"@it
  • "The mismeasure of man : [the definitive refutation to the argument of "The bell curve"]"
  • "La falsa medida del hombre : edición revisada y ampliada"@es
  • "La Mal-mesure de l'homme : l'intelligence sous la toise des savants"

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