Author: Gould, Stephen Jay
Title: The Mismeasure of Man
Description: New York, Norton, 1981. orig. boards. 24x14cm, 352 pp.. Textual illustrations. Somerubbing. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: American Polygeny and Craniometry before Darwin: Blacks and Indians as Separate, Inferior Species -- Measuring Heads: Paul Broca and the Heyday of Craniology -- Measuring bodies: Two Case Studies on the Apishness of Undesirables -- The Hereditarian Theory of IQ: An American invention -- The Real Error of Cyril Burt: Factor Analysis and the Reification of Intelligence -- A Positive Conclusion. Bibliography: p. [337]-344. Includes index.

Keywords: Physical Anthropology, Craniometry, Ability -Testing, Personality Tests, Intelligence Tests, History of Science, Human Biology, Cephalometry,