{"product_id":"iq-a-smart-history-of-a-failed-idea-9781630268701","title":"IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephen Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Assessment, Testing \u0026amp; Measurement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45129712468119,"sku":"9781630268701","price":2257.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781630268701.webp?v=1767280604","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/iq-a-smart-history-of-a-failed-idea-9781630268701","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}