Re: The Bell Curve (was: Suppression of Sociobiology)

trevor rigler (neoguri@mirac.unm.edu)
12 Dec 1996 22:49:10 GMT

: Speaking of _The Bell Curve_... :) I'm currently reading it, and I'm
: wondering if anyone knows of any good critiques that they could recommend.

Try _The Mismeasure of Man_ by Stephen Jay Gould.

: I'm not looking for 'political' criticisms so much as in-depth analyses of
: the book's premises and logic. No polemics either way, please... And
: thanks in advance.

I couldn't really find any political bent from Gould in the book. He seems
to be more rooted in science than in agendas...

---trevor

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