Outliers : the story of success

Summary:The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and 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

Print Book, English, 2008

Edition:First edition View all formats and editions

Publisher:Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2008

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Genre:Nonfiction

Physical Description:ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9780316017923, 9780316036696, 9780316024976, 9780316017930, 0316017922, 0316036692, 031602497X, 0316017930

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:225870354

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Contents:

Introduction The Roseto Mystery ''These people were dying of old age, That's it.''

(16)

PART ONE: OPPORTUNITY

The Matthew Effect ''For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.''---Matthew 25:29

(30)

The 10,000-Hour Rule ''In Hamburg, we had to play for eight hours.''

(51)

The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1 ''Knowledge of a boy's IQ is of little help if you are faced with a formful of clever boys.''

100

(34)

The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2 ''After protracted negotiations, it was agreed that Robert would be put on probation.''

134

(39)

The Three Lessons of Joe Flom ''Mary got a quarter.''

173

(68)

PART TWO: LEGACY

Harlan, Kentucky ''Die like a man, like your brother did!''

241

(24)

The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes ''Captain, the weather radar has helped us a lot.''

265

(71)

Rice Paddies and Math Tests ''No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.''

336

(38)

Marita's Bargain ''All my friends now are from KIPP.''

374

(30)

Epilogue A Jamaican Story ''If a progeny of young colored children is brought forth, these are emancipated.''

404

(27)

Notes

431

(18)

Acknowledgments

449

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