[PDF.42kc] The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

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 | #1114022 in Books |  1996-06-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.60 x1.20 x5.90l, | File type: PDF | 444 pages

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||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent historical tour through the sordid history of testing|By LS in PDX|A must read for anyone who wants to know the history of the testing industry, concepts of IQ, and how people in power have misused data to classify "others" (immigrants, people of color, people in poverty).

The author's major point is that any attempt to classify people, especially with test|.com |How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do you mean by 'smart,'" "How do I measure it," and "Who's asking?"), then The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould's masterful demolition of the IQ

The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.

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 anticipa...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)   |  Stephen Jay Gould. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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