{"product_id":"the-mismeasure-of-man-9780393314250","title":"The Mismeasure of Man","description":"When 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 and limits. \u003cp\u003eAnd yet the idea of innate limits--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 and thoroughly undermined by Stephen Jay Gould. In this edition Dr. Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book and tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e. Further, he has added five essays on questions of \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton University has said, \"a major contribution toward deflating pseudo-biological 'explanations' of our present social woes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGould, Stephen Jay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Jay Gould\u003c\/strong\u003e (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625528430866,"sku":"9780393314250","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf5d0223-c914-42bb-ab48-21a35a7674e6.jpg?v=1732631256","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mismeasure-of-man-9780393314250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}