{"product_id":"iq-stephen-murdoch-9781630268718","title":"IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdvance praise for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIQ A Smart History of a Failed Idea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"An up-to-date, reader-friendly account of the continuing saga of the mismeasure of women and men.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"The good news is that you won't be tested after you've read Stephen Murdoch's important new book. The better news is that IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea is compelling from its first pages, and by its conclusion, Murdoch has deftly demonstrated that in our zeal to quantify intelligence, we have needlessly scarred--if not destroyed--the lives of millions of people who did not need an IQ score to prove their worth in the world. IQ is first-rate narrative journalism, a book that I hope leads to necessary change.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, Picasso's War, and Out of Silence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"With fast-paced storytelling, freelance journalist Murdoch traces now ubiquitous but still controversial attempts to measure intelligence to its origins in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . Murdoch concludes that IQ testing provides neither a reliable nor a helpful tool in understanding people's behavior, nor can it predict their future success or failure. . . . A thoughtful overview and a welcome reminder of the dangers of relying on such standardized tests.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Stephen Murdoch delivers a lucid and engaging chronicle of the ubiquitous and sometimes insidious use of IQ tests. This is a fresh look at a century-old and still controversial idea--that our human potential can be distilled down to a single test score. Murdoch's compelling account demands a reexamination of our mania for mental measurement.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--Paul A. Lombardo, author of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court \u0026amp; Buck v. Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1630268712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781630268718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trade Paper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979447599359,"sku":"9781630268718","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69d49e05-f4d5-411f-9b27-d1aec2cb27cf.jpg?v=1683245599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iq-stephen-murdoch-9781630268718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}