{"product_id":"iq","title":"IQ","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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trade Paper Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50020826775802,"sku":"9781630268718","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_97b32028-97bb-466b-a1c7-de4fd2116236.jpg?v=1786137089","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/iq","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}