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Excerpt from Chemins de Fer dans la Province de Québec: Discours Prononcé à l'Assemblée Législative le 29e Jour de Décembre 1896, sur les Résolutions Touchant les Subsides aux Chemins de Fer Qui dira que cet arrangement n'est pas satisfaisantpour la province Il l'est aussi pour les compagnies qui pourront continuer leurs entreprises, donnant ainsi du travail à une foule d'ouvriers qui en ont tant besoin en ce moment. About the Publisher For...

IQ gains are persisting into the twenty-first century, particularly in the developing world: the 'Flynn effect' marches on! This exciting new book by James R. Flynn aims to make sense of the continued rise in IQ scores and considers what this tells us about our intelligence, our minds and society.

Written by James R. Flynn of the "Flynn effect" - the sustained and substantial increase in intelligence test scores across the world over many decades - this book examines genes and human achievement in all aspects, including what genes allow and forbid in terms of personal life history, the cognitive progress of humanity, the moral progress of humanity, and the cross-fertilization of the two.Genes and Human Progress presents a new method for...

In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people. No one, they warn, is out of their reach--not even the President. A joint FBI-CIA task force reveals the killers are elite military commandos, but no one knows exactly who they are or when they will st...

An expanded paperback edition of James R. FlynnâEUR(TM)s thought-provoking examination of dramatic increases in IQ gains over the twentieth century. Includes new essays on the contrast between writing cognitive history with the science of measuring intelligence, the theory of intelligence and Flynn's reservations about Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.

Beyond Patriotism" argues that some millions of Americans have become "post-national" people who put the good of humanity ahead of patriotism or national honor. It discusses the decisions that led them from the Vietnamese War to the attempt to put Pol Pot back into power to the sanctions against Iraq.

Professor James Flynn is one of the most creative and influential psychologists in the field of intelligence. The 'Flynn Effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century and the term was coined to recognize Professor Flynn's central role in measuring and analyzing these gains. For over twenty years, psychologists have struggled to understand the implications of IQ gains. Do they mean that each g...

IQ gains are persisting into the twenty-first century, particularly in the developing world: the 'Flynn effect' marches on! This exciting new book by James R. Flynn aims to make sense of the continued rise in IQ scores and considers what this tells us about our intelligence, our minds and society.

Each day our minds experience a deluge of conversation, lectures, newspapers, TV, the Internet, and more. But what should we really be paying attention to? James R. Flynn, world-renowned intelligence researcher and discoverer of the Flynn Effect (the phenomenon of rising global IQs over time), poses the most challenging question of all: Who is to be the master of all this information - you or the modern world? It is you, he claims, who must be...

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Dal nucleare agli ogm, dalle staminali alla legge elettorale, dai test di ingresso all'università alle leggi sull'immigrazione o sulle droghe, in Italia si dibatte e si legifera in chiave quasi solo ideologica. Eppure la storia e i modi in cui si decide in altri paesi dimostrano la possibilità di scelte migliori nell'interesse delle persone e della società usando strumenti più razionali e critici. In questo libro il filosofo, psicologo, sociol...

James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities.

God is life. His words impart life. A sermon should be an intimate encounter with the life-giving essence of the Word Himself. How do we as preachers extend such an encounter to our listeners? How can we offer words that transform? James T. Flynn unpacks the power of preaching to change lives and provides a new way to consider sermon preparation and delivery. Words That Transform re-images sermon-making as an experience of incarnation. A sermo...

With its emphasis on high expectations, positive substitute parenting, and good short-term and long-term outcomes, "Looking After Children" has been an important vehicle for promoting resilience in child welfare, one that will remain a beneficial influence in Canada and internationally for many years to come.

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Excerpt from Manual for Crown Land and Timber AgentsThe agent enters this sales' number in his land-roll in a special column opposite to the number of the lot purchased.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, pres...

Writers' festivals, TV book shows, radio interviews, book clubs, TED Talks-today's novelists are a travelling roadshow. New books and their authors are thrown to the wolves, aka reviewers, to be savaged, praised to the skies, or sadly just ignored. In the midst of all this, how can the bewildered booklover decide what to read? Jim Flynn tackles the question head-on in this racy, funny, no-holds-barred book, the sequel to his bestseller The Tor...

Professor Flynn, author of "What Is Intelligence?, " offers a controversial alternative to The Bell Curve, arguing that IQ gaps between black and white Americans are environmental not genetic.

One of the principal moral and psychological problems of our time is whether humane ideals can be defended. Loss of faith in the objectivity of ethics has encouraged a sense of hopelessness. The notion that no ideal is better than any other, that a humane commitment has no rational advantage over Nietzsche's contempt for ordinary people, has been accused of leaving our civilization without self-confidence or a purpose. James R. Flynn rejects a...