{"product_id":"the-mismeasure-of-man-0393014894-used","title":"The Mismeasure of Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393014894\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stephen Jay Gould\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen published in 1981, \u003cem\u003eThe Mismeasure of Man\u003c\/em\u003e was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts \u0026amp; limits. Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated \u0026amp; thoroughly undermined. In this edition, Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book \u0026amp; tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right thru \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e. Further, he's added five essays on questions of The Bell Curve in particular \u0026amp; on race, racism \u0026amp; biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton Univ. has said, \"a major contribution toward deflating pseudobiological 'explanations' of our present social woes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67587683516704,"sku":"USED0393014894","price":7.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81gW9ZHR9DL.jpg?v=1790577215","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-mismeasure-of-man-0393014894-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}