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The mismeasure of man, by Stephen Jay Gould

Label
The mismeasure of man
Title
The mismeasure of man
Statement of responsibility
by Stephen Jay Gould
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This book is about the abstraction of intelligence as a single entity, its location within the brain, its quantification as one number for each individual, and the use of these numbers to rank people in a single series of worthiness
Summary
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
Tone
Writing style
Award
National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction, 1981.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
154554
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1941-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Gould, Stephen Jay
Dewey number
153.9/3
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BF431
LC item number
.G68 1981
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Intelligence tests
  • Ability
  • Personality tests
  • Craniometry
Target audience
adult
Label
The mismeasure of man, by Stephen Jay Gould
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-344) and index
Bibliography note
Bibliography: pages 337-344
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
American polygeny and craniometry before Darwin -- Measuring heads -- Measuring bodies -- The hereditarian theory of IQ: an American invention -- The real error of Cyril Burt -- A positive conclusion
Control code
14576082
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
352 pages
Isbn
9780393014891
Lccn
81038430
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)ocm07574615
Label
The mismeasure of man, by Stephen Jay Gould
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-344) and index
Bibliography note
Bibliography: pages 337-344
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
American polygeny and craniometry before Darwin -- Measuring heads -- Measuring bodies -- The hereditarian theory of IQ: an American invention -- The real error of Cyril Burt -- A positive conclusion
Control code
14576082
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
352 pages
Isbn
9780393014891
Lccn
81038430
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)ocm07574615

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