Does Your Family Make You Smarter?
Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy
by James R. Flynn
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Pub Date May 24 2016 | Archive Date Apr 21 2016
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Advance Praise
"Another superb piece of work by the best mind in the business. The
analysis of data is penetrating, the elaboration of its meaning highly
illuminating, and the discourse on theories of intelligence is a feast
for the mind."
Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr, Winner of the Dobzhansky Memorial Award for a Lifetime of Outstanding Scholarship in Behavior Genetics
"Another
amazing analysis of IQ data by James Flynn! As author of the
Stanford-Binet 5, I have admired Flynn's work for many years. I highly
recommend his new book that shines new light on the life-course of
intelligence."
Gale H. Roid, author of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, 5th edition
"James
Flynn takes up one of the most important questions in the social
sciences - what is left of human autonomy in the genomic age? - and lays
out the optimistic case with full acknowledgment of the technical
difficulties his argument must surmount. This is the way that we are
going to make progress: by engaging an evolving state of knowledge with
logic and data, transparently clear prose, and unfailing civility."
Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve
"Few intellectuals
have grappled honestly with the problems surrounding the causes and
effects of intelligence, and fewer still have done so with as much
incisiveness and originality as James Flynn."
Steven Pinker, Harvard University
"Professor Flynn has a
remarkable ability to explain complex concepts in a way so rational and
logical that it seems, after the event, we should be kicking ourselves
for overlooking the obvious. His chapter on the Raven's Progressive
Matrices is brilliant."
John Rust, Director of The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, and co-author of Raven's Progressive Matrices
"James
Flynn, as much as anyone, can take credit for ushering in the age of
enlightenment in our understanding of the nature of human intelligence.
In this latest chapter, we learn how our families can either advantage
or disadvantage us, and how our choices can either foster or impede our
intellectual performance."
Joshua Aronson, New York University
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781107150058 |
| PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
