by Stephen Jay Gould · Editorial Crítica · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484324560
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In 'The Mismeasure of Man', Stephen Jay Gould presents an exhaustive and critical analysis of historical attempts to measure human intelligence, especially through methods such as craniometry and psychological tests. Gould dismantles the scientific bases of racism, exposing how social and cultural prejudices have influenced the interpretation of data and the construction of discriminatory theories. This book is a plea against biological determinism and a defense of equality and human diversity.
Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most widely read authors of popular science of his generation. He is considered by many to be one of the most influential figures in evolutionary biology. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard.
