Outliers
The Story of Success
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
Contents:
The Roseto mystery -- The Matthew effect (Matthew 25:29) -- The 10,000 hour rule (Hamburg) -- The trouble with geniuses & IQ -- The lessons of Joe Flom -- Harlan, Kentucky -- The ethnic theory of plane crashes -- Rice paddies and math tests -- Marita's bargain (KIPP) -- A Jamaican story.
ISBN:
9780316040341 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)
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Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-296) and index.
Electronic reproduction. [New York] : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 461 KB).
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-296) and index.
Electronic reproduction. [New York] : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 461 KB).