| Description |
x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Varieties of intelligence -- Heritability and mutability -- Getting smarter -- Improving the schools -- Social class and cognitive culture -- IQ in black and white -- Mind the gap -- Advantage Asia? -- People of the book -- Raising your child's intelligence ... and your own -- Epilogue: What we now know about intelligence and academic achievement |
| Summary |
Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced: the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index |
| Subject |
Intellect.
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Schools.
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Culture.
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| LC no. |
2008044477 |
| ISBN |
9780393065053 hardcover |
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0393065057 hardcover |
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9780393337693 paperback |
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