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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. , Scott Kaufman , Walter DixonPublisher: Gildan Media Corporation Imprint: Gildan Media Corporation ISBN: 9798200629541Publication Date: 28 May 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""A good read...introduces the reader to the world of intelligence testing in a highly literate style and pulls back the curtain on some very bad practices in public schools...Kaufman makes a strong case that anyone can be great, even the 'ungifted.'"" -- ""Post and Courier"" ""A warmly human and coolly scientific survey of both the reductive and the liberating fruits of two centuries of cognitive research."" -- ""Scientist"" ""Fascinating...A smart, lucid, and down-to-earth exposition of the underlying neuroscience and the contentious history of theories of intelligence...Blending incisive analysis with a warm sympathy for intellectual insecurities--and potential--Kaufman demonstrates that even the most ordinary mind is a strange and wondrous gift."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Kaufman's portrait of the history of intelligence provides a background on experiments in cognitive psychology, biographical information about influential researchers and details of his own experience in the special education classroom, making this academic work also personal. Highly recommended for readers curious about human intelligence."" -- ""Library Journal (starred review)""" Author InformationScott Barry Kaufman, PhD, is scientific director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he investigates the measurement and development of intelligence, imagination, and creativity. He is also cofounder of The Creativity Post, host of The Psychology Podcast, and he writes the blog Beautiful Minds for Scientific American. Kaufman lives in Philadelphia. Walter Dixon is a broadcast media veteran of more than twenty years' experience with a background in theater and performing arts and voice work for commercials. After a career in public radio, he is now a full-time narrator with more than fifty audiobooks recorded in genres ranging from religion and politics to children's stories. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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