The Resource The mismeasure of man, by Stephen Jay Gould
The mismeasure of man, by Stephen Jay Gould
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-344) and index
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780393014891
- Label
- The mismeasure of man
- Title
- The mismeasure of man
- Statement of responsibility
- by Stephen Jay Gould
- 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
- 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
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- Intelligence tests
- Ability
- Personality tests
- Craniometry
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The mismeasure of man, by Stephen Jay Gould
- 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
- 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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