We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End. The authors take us on a journey through the growing body of evidence that we are significantly less intelligent now than we were a hundred years ago. The research proving this is, at once, profoundly thought-provoking, highly controversial, and it’s currently only read by academics. But the authors are passionate that it cannot remain ensconced in the ivory tower any longer. With At Our Wits’ End, they present the first ever popular scientific book on this crucially important issue. They prove that intelligence — which is strongly genetic — was increasing up until the breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution, because we were subject to the rigors of Darwinian Selection, meaning that lots of surviving children was the preserve of the cleverest. But since then, they show, intelligence has gone into rapid decline, because large families are increasingly the preserve of the least intelligent. The book explores how this change has occurred and, crucially, what its consequences will be for the future. Can we find a way of reversing the decline of our IQ? Or will we witness the collapse of civilization and the rise of a new Dark Age?
. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés."Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Edward Dutton is a researcher based in Oulu in northern Finland. Born in London in 1980, Dutton read Theology at Durham University before completing a PhD in Religious Studies at Aberdeen University in 2006. This was developed into his first book: Meeting Jesus at University: Rites of Passage and Student Evangelicals (2008). He was made 'Docent' (Adjunct Reader) of the Anthropology of Religion and Finnish Culture at Oulu University in 2011. In 2012, however, Dutton made the move to evolutionary psychology. Since then, Dutton has published in leading psychology journals including Intelligence, and Personality and Individual Differences. He has been a guest researcher in the Psychology Department at Umeå University in Sweden and is academic consultant to a research group in the Special Education Department at King Saud University in Riyadh. In 2020, he was appointed Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Asbiro University, a business-focused university of applied sciences in Łódź, Poland. Dutton's research has been reported worldwide. He runs a popular internet channel, The Jolly Heretic, in which he explores daring scientific research. Dutton is the author of many books, most recently, Witches, Feminism, and the Fall of the West (2021), Islam: An Evolutionary Perspective (2020) and Churchill’s Headmaster: The 'Sadist’ Who Nearly Saved the British Empire (2019).
Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Yr. took his Bachelor's degree at Columbia University, New York, majoring in Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology. His PhD work concerned the molecular characterization of aspects of the life history ecology of the thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana, and was undertaken at the University of London (Royal Holloway). Shortly after completing this work, Michael switched his focus from plant to human evolutionary and behavioural ecology and has conducted much of the research showing that average general intelligence is in decline, to the extent that this has even become known as the 'Woodley Effect’ in academic circles. He has co-written the academic monograph Historical Variability in Heritable General Intelligence (Buckingham University Press, 2013). Michael has publically discussed this research in various media, including national and international newspapers (The Times, The Telegraph, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, etc.), and also in various radio, television and internet formats (e.g. BBC Radio, Al-Jazeera, The Stefan Molyneux Show etc.).
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
EUR 16,97 gastos de envío desde Estados Unidos de America a España
Destinos, gastos y plazos de envíoEUR 4,03 gastos de envío desde Reino Unido a España
Destinos, gastos y plazos de envíoLibrería: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Reino Unido
PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Nº de ref. del artículo: GB-9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 14 disponibles
Librería: Rarewaves.com UK, London, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: LU-9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 7 disponibles
Librería: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Reino Unido
Condición: New. In. Nº de ref. del artículo: ria9781845409852_new
Cantidad disponible: 14 disponibles
Librería: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
Condición: New. 2018. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . . Nº de ref. del artículo: V9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 14 disponibles
Librería: Speedyhen, London, Reino Unido
Condición: NEW. Nº de ref. del artículo: NW9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 14 disponibles
Librería: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Reino Unido
Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 3 working days. 360. Nº de ref. del artículo: B9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 14 disponibles
Librería: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: LU-9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 7 disponibles
Librería: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: LU-9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 7 disponibles
Librería: Rarewaves USA United, OSWEGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: LU-9781845409852
Cantidad disponible: 7 disponibles
Librería: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Reino Unido
Condición: New. pp. 180. Nº de ref. del artículo: 381572262
Cantidad disponible: 3 disponibles