Author: Stephen Jay Gould
When first published, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. In this edition Dr. Gould has written a new introduction, tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through The Bell Curve.
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