Outliers: The Story of Sucess - Softcover

Gladwell, Malcolm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141036249 ISBN 13: 9780141036243

Publisher: Penguin UK, 2008

Synopsis

A brilliant new book from the bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation. Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; what top fighter pilots and The Beatles have in common; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths; and why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius. Just as he did in Blink, Gladwell overturns many of our conventional notions and creates an entirely new model for seeing the world. Brilliant and entertaining, this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

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Review:

'You will never again think as you did before about [success] ... This book deserves the gold star that adorns its front cover.' --A. C. Grayling, The Times

'Gladwell deploys a wealth of fascinating data and information to illustrate his thesis ... Outliers challenges accepted wisdom.' --Times

Book Description:

The international bestselling guru asks the ultimate question: why are people successful?

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0141036249
• ISBN 13: 9780141036243
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320