New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A scholarly examination of the nature and purpose of human intelligence, what forms it, external and internal phenomena which might increase or decrease it, genetic factors, and how it impinges on individual and group progress within society - as well as provides a critical response to the classic by Murray and Herrnstein, 'The Bell Curve'. Author offers predictive possibilities for the future of intelligence itself along with a controversial notion that it may ultimately disappear altogether Hardcover with dust jacket, bibliography, indexed, 210pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: JB Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 00016085
Title: Making of Intelligence, The
Author: Richardson, Ken
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition.
ISBN 10: 0231120044
ISBN 13: 9780231120043
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT, IQ, MIND, COGNITION, NEURONS, NEUROSCIENCE, BIOLOGY, NEUROBIOLOGY
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