James Robert Flynn (1934–2020)
Auteur de What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de James Robert Flynn
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Flynn, Jim
- Date de naissance
- 1934
- Date de décès
- 2020-12-11
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA (birth)
New Zealand (naturalized) - Pays (pour la carte)
- New Zealand
- Lieu du décès
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- Washington, D.C., USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dunedin, New Zealand - Professions
- poltiical scientist
university professor
politician - Organisations
- University of Otago
Alliance Party - Prix et distinctions
- Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand
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Critiques
I found it a little hard to read in spots. Sometimes he makes a real effort to explain things to laypeople, other times it seems like his audience are experts. Also the organization is kind of jumbled and he tends to meander. I wish he had coauthored the book with a great science writer. There’s definitely a lot of interesting stuff here but it’s not presented well.
The original text, minus the new chapters for this version, are generally excellent and insightful, nicely critiquing prior analyses of the Flynn effect, suggesting that the growth between generations can be partially explained by systems that increase abstraction and classification of the surrounding world. The new chapters, although somewhat insightful, generally seemed muddled, both intellectually and editorially.
This is a really interesting list of books that one 'ought' to read. One naturally looks for books that one thinks should be in the list and are not there. What does that mean? That the books one is reading or has read, are not the 'best' books? Inevitably I guess a list such as this will have personal choices and I do feel that Jim Flynn's list has many of those.
Having read some of The Torchlight List I decided to try 'On Chesil Beach' by Ian McEwan not having read any of his novels at all. It was an excellent read. Thank you for that Professor Flynn.
A new edition is going to be published soon so I would be interested to see what has changed.… (plus d'informations)
Having read some of The Torchlight List I decided to try 'On Chesil Beach' by Ian McEwan not having read any of his novels at all. It was an excellent read. Thank you for that Professor Flynn.
A new edition is going to be published soon so I would be interested to see what has changed.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Membres
- 376
- Popularité
- #64,175
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 60
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 2
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