Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man (Repost)
Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man
ISBN: 0393314251 | edition 1996 | PDF | 417 pages | 12 mb
ISBN: 0393314251 | edition 1996 | PDF | 417 pages | 12 mb
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 industry, should be required reading. Gould's brilliant, funny, engaging prose dissects the motivations behind those who would judge intelligence, and hence worth, by cranial size, convolutions, or score on extremely narrow tests.