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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Rich, poor....
I can't think of worse advice for someone who wants to learn about assessment. Stephen Jay Gould is a wonderful writer and he has written some great books about paleoentology. I would in particular recommend _Wonderful Life_ which is about the Burgess Shale deposits. The _Mismeasure of Man_ is a book about measurement, a topic about which Gould knows very little. It is amazing how an author could pack so much misinformation into one short book. Most of it consists of an expose of some of the ideas of the founders of the measurment field, much of it inaccurate, and the rest already well known. His central argument is analogous to a rejection of all modern chemistry because early chemist were alchemist convinced they could turn base metals into gold. There are so many extensive critiques of the book around I won't go into details here. George K. Cunningham University of Louisville ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Meier <dmeier@essentialschools.org> To: <ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 7:57 AM Subject: Re: Rich, poor.... > For starters, let's all reread Goul's book The MisMeasure of Man. Deb > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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