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Race and Sex Differences in Intelligence and Personality: A Tribute to Richard Lynn at Eighty. 04/01/14 19:11 Home Publications Contact Race and Sex Differences in Intelligence and Personality: A Tribute to Richard Lynn at Eighty Edited by Helmuth Nyborg This collection of papers by eminent authors, first published in Personality and Individual Differences journal to mark the eightieth birthday of Richard Lynn, celebrates and contextualizes his lifetime contribution to knowledge in this controversial field of study. Authors include Gerhard Meisenberg. Heiner Rindermann and the late J. Phillippe Rushton. Also included are a preface by the editor and a conversation between Richard Lynn and Helmuth Nyborg. Reviewers' comments "In Richard Lynn's work we have the stuff Nobel prizes are made of." Helmuth Nyborg, University of Arhus, Denmark "In his long and brilliant career, Richard Lynn has made significant scientific contributions to many areas of intelligence research and differential psychology" Satoshi Kanazawa, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK "Richard Lynn's work to intellectual group differences is as Charles Darwin's was to biology." Donald Templer, Alliance International University (retired), California "Richard Lynn has considerably advanced studies on sex differences. He has asked some simple but fundamental questions and given convincing answers relying on the research results of many studies." Jaan Mikk, University of Tartu, Estonia Available formats: paper cover or e- book (pdf) 370 Pages ISBN 9780957391338 (paper cover) ISBN 9780957391345 (ebook) Published by Ulster Institute for Social Research, London with the permission of Elsevier B.V. http://www.ulsterinstitute.org/rasdip.html Page 1 of 2 Race and Sex Differences in Intelligence and Personality: A Tribute to Richard Lynn at Eighty. 04/01/14 19:11 Purchase Race and Sex Differences in Intelligence and Personality will be available to purchase from 30th December in the following formats: ebook: £ 5 Paperback UK £ 18.00 / EU 21.00 euro / US and worlwide $29.00 (Prices are inclusive of shipping.) Contact Ulster Institute for Social Research sponsors and publishes research in the social sciences. Contact us here. http://www.ulsterinstitute.org/rasdip.html Page 2 of 2.

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