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The Mismeasure of Man is a critical analysis of the early works of scientific racism which promoted "the theory of unitary, innate, linearly rankable intelligence"—such as craniometry, the measurement of skull volume and its relation to intellectual faculties.
- Stephen Jay Gould
- 1981
Jun 17, 1996 · The Mismeasure of Man is a work of undoubtedly iconic stature and a posthumous credit to the intellect and skill of Gould in his ability to explain this dramatic interplay of scientific development and social consequence in terms easily accessible to the nonspecialist reader.
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- Stephen Jay Gould
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The original title for The Mismeasure of Man would have honored my hero Charles Darwin for the wonderfully incisive statement that he made about biological determinism to climax his denunciation of
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Oct 28, 1982 · The Mismeasure of Man. Stephen Jay Gould. 4.05. 8,947 ratings471 reviews. The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. How smart are you?
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A book by Stephen Jay Gould that examines the history and flaws of biological determinism, the idea that human intelligence is a fixed and measurable number. Gould challenges the scientific methods and assumptions of craniometry, intelligence testing, and factor analysis, and argues for a more complex and flexible view of human diversity.
Jun 17, 2006 · 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...
Books. Mismeasure of Man. 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...
