
Superior
The Return of Race Science
by Angela Saini
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“@AkarshNalawade @CafeEconomics @sudarshanr108 @IGuruPrakash Yes I've read angela saini. Both her books are outstanding. | A book I highly recommend is Superior by Angela Saini, a Guardian writer who brilliantly dissects and analyzes race and gender dynamics. | My top 10 books for 2019 A Kleinman, @AlbertoCairo, @amcafee, @stevenstrogatz, @JanelleCShane, @AngelaDSaini, @ruha9, S Russell, @GaryMarcus, @MelMitchell1 (yes, lots of #AI, of course) Reading Bryson's The Body" now.... [Oh, right, one called #DeepMedicine was pretty good ;)]”
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Best Science Books, Politics, and Science.
2019 BestOf Lists: 10 Best Science Books of the Year (Smithsonian Magazine) Best Science Books of the Year (NPR's Science Friday) Best Science and Technology, Books from 2019" (Library Journal) An astute and timely examination of the reemergence of scientific research into racial differences.Superior tells the disturbing story of the persisten...
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Nilofer Merchant
“@AkarshNalawade @CafeEconomics @sudarshanr108 @IGuruPrakash Yes I've read angela saini. Both her books are outstanding. | A book I highly recommend is Superior by Angela Saini, a Guardian writer who brilliantly dissects and analyzes race and gender dynamics. | My top 10 books for 2019 A Kleinman, @AlbertoCairo, @amcafee, @stevenstrogatz, @JanelleCShane, @AngelaDSaini, @ruha9, S Russell, @GaryMarcus, @MelMitchell1 (yes, lots of #AI, of course) Reading Bryson's The Body" now.... [Oh, right, one called #DeepMedicine was pretty good ;)]”
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