The Mismeasure of Man 1981
By Stephen Jay Gould, Joandomènec Ros, Ricardo Pochtar, Antonio Desmonts
- History, Craniometry, Ability, Testing
Examines the history and inherent flaws of the tests science has used to measure intelligence.
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Cool, classical in form, earnest and grave.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Critica, Norton, W W Norton & Co Inc
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- French, German, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780613181303
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Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. - Wikipedia
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