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'''''A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History''''' is a 2014 book by ''[[New York Times]]'' science reporter [[Nicholas Wade]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/books/nicholas-wades-a-troublesome-inheritance.html |title=Charging Into the Minefield of Genes and Racial Difference:
'''''A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History''''' is a 2014 book by ''[[New York Times]]'' science reporter [[Nicholas Wade]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/books/nicholas-wades-a-troublesome-inheritance.html |title=Charging Into the Minefield of Genes and Racial Difference:
Nicholas Wade’s ‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ |first=Arthur |last=Allen |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303380004579521482247869874 |title=Book Review: A Troublesome Inheritance by Nicholas Wade |first=Charles |last=Murray |authorlink=Charles Murray (author) |accessdate=2014-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/race-is-more-than-a-social-construct/article18571418/ |title=What if race is more than a social construct? |first=Margaret |last=Wente |authorlink=Margaret Wente |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |magazine=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/05/troublesome_inheritance_critique_nicholas_wade_s_dated_assumptions_about.single.html |title=The Paradox of Racism |first=Andrew |last=Gelman |authorlink=Andrew Gelman |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |magazine=[[In These Times]] |url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/16674/the_genes_made_us_do_it |first=Jonathan |last=Marks |authorlink=Jonathan M. Marks |title=The Genes Made Us Do It |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Why Evolution is True |url=http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/new-book-on-race-by-nicholas-wade-professor-ceiling-cat-says-paws-down/ |first=Jerry |last=Coyne |authorlink=Jerry Coyne |title=New book on race by Nicholas Wade: Professor Ceiling Cat says paws down |accessdate=2014-05-14 |quote=It is an irresponsible book that makes insupportable claims.}}</ref> Its main theme is that “human evolution has been recent, copious and regional”<ref>{{cite news|magazine=[[The Daily Caller]] |url=http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/10/30-year-new-york-times-science-writer-out-after-writing-book-about-genetics-race/ |title=New York Times Science Reporter Pens Book Linking Genetics, Race |first=Chris |last=Reed |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref> and that this may have important implications for the social sciences.<ref>{{cite news|magazine=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2014/05/13/genes-and-race-the-distant-footfalls-of-evidence// |title=Genes and Race: The Distant Footfalls of Evidence |first=Ashutosh |last=Jogalekar |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>
Nicholas Wade’s ‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ |first=Arthur |last=Allen |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303380004579521482247869874 |title=Book Review: A Troublesome Inheritance by Nicholas Wade |first=Charles |last=Murray |authorlink=Charles Murray (author) |accessdate=2014-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/race-is-more-than-a-social-construct/article18571418/ |title=What if race is more than a social construct? |first=Margaret |last=Wente |authorlink=Margaret Wente |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |magazine=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/05/troublesome_inheritance_critique_nicholas_wade_s_dated_assumptions_about.single.html |title=The Paradox of Racism |first=Andrew |last=Gelman |authorlink=Andrew Gelman |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |magazine=[[In These Times]] |url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/16674/the_genes_made_us_do_it |first=Jonathan |last=Marks |authorlink=Jonathan M. Marks |title=The Genes Made Us Do It |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Why Evolution is True |url=http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/new-book-on-race-by-nicholas-wade-professor-ceiling-cat-says-paws-down/ |first=Jerry |last=Coyne |authorlink=Jerry Coyne |title=New book on race by Nicholas Wade: Professor Ceiling Cat says paws down |accessdate=2014-05-14 |quote=It is an irresponsible book that makes insupportable claims.}}</ref> Its main theme is that “human evolution has been recent, copious and regional”<ref>{{cite news|magazine=[[The Daily Caller]] |url=http://dailycaller.com/2014/05/10/30-year-new-york-times-science-writer-out-after-writing-book-about-genetics-race/ |title=New York Times Science Reporter Pens Book Linking Genetics, Race |first=Chris |last=Reed |accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref> and that this may have important implications for the social sciences.<ref>{{cite news|magazine=[[American Renaissance]] |url=http://www.amren.com/features/2014/05/a-troublesome-inheritance-genes-race-and-human-history-2/ |title=A Troublesome Inheritance |first=Jared |last=Taylor |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|magazine=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2014/05/13/genes-and-race-the-distant-footfalls-of-evidence// |title=Genes and Race: The Distant Footfalls of Evidence |first=Ashutosh |last=Jogalekar |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>


==Summary==
==Summary==

Revision as of 20:54, 20 May 2014

A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
AuthorNicholas Wade
LanguageEnglish
Published2014
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN978-1594204463

A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History is a 2014 book by New York Times science reporter Nicholas Wade.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Its main theme is that “human evolution has been recent, copious and regional”[7] and that this may have important implications for the social sciences.[8][9]

Summary

Wade writes about ethnic differences in economic success between whites, blacks, Asians, and others and offers the argument that racial differences come from genetic differences amplified by culture. The book is criticized by reviewers who think that Wade goes beyond scientific consensus[10][11] or did not go into his sources with enough depth.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ Allen, Arthur. "Charging Into the Minefield of Genes and Racial Difference: Nicholas Wade's 'A Troublesome Inheritance'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-05-15. {{cite news}}: line feed character in |title= at position 60 (help)
  2. ^ Murray, Charles. "Book Review: A Troublesome Inheritance by Nicholas Wade". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  3. ^ Wente, Margaret. "What if race is more than a social construct?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  4. ^ Gelman, Andrew. "The Paradox of Racism". Slate. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  5. ^ Marks, Jonathan. "The Genes Made Us Do It". In These Times. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  6. ^ Coyne, Jerry. "New book on race by Nicholas Wade: Professor Ceiling Cat says paws down". Why Evolution is True. Retrieved 2014-05-14. It is an irresponsible book that makes insupportable claims.
  7. ^ Reed, Chris. "New York Times Science Reporter Pens Book Linking Genetics, Race". The Daily Caller. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  8. ^ Taylor, Jared. "A Troublesome Inheritance". American Renaissance. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  9. ^ Jogalekar, Ashutosh. "Genes and Race: The Distant Footfalls of Evidence". Scientific American. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  10. ^ Orr, H. Allen (5 June 2014). "Stretch Genes". New York Review of Books. New York Review of Books. Retrieved 17 May 2014. A Troublesome Inheritance goes beyond reporting scientific facts or accepted theories and finds Wade championing bold ideas that fall outside any scientific consensus. ... Hard evidence for Wade's thesis is nearly nonexistent. Odder still, Wade concedes as much at the start of A Troublesome Inheritance: 'Readers should be fully aware that in chapters 6 through 10 they are leaving the world of hard science and entering into a much more speculative arena at the interface of history, economics and human evolution.' {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  11. ^ Marks, Jonathan (14 May 2014). "Review of A Troublesome Inheritance". American Anthropological Association blog. Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 May 2014. Wade's ambition, then, is not to popularize the science, but to invalidate the science. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  12. ^ Cowen, Tyler (8 May 2014). "Nicholas Wade's *A Troublesome Inheritance*". Marginal Revolution blog. Marginal Revolution. Retrieved 15 May 2014. ... I felt Wade needed to have pushed deeper in book-length form. For instance the discussion of intelligence and its evolution should have been drenched in the Flynn Effect. It wasn't. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  13. ^ Gelman, Andrew (8 May 2014). "The Paradox of Racism: Why the new book by the New York Times' Nicholas Wade is both plausible and preposterous". Slate The State of the Universe science blog. Slate. Retrieved 15 May 2014. As a statistician and political scientist, I see naivete in Wade's quickness to assume a genetic association for any change in social behavior. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  14. ^ Bambury, Brent (8 May 2014). "Nicholas Wade's 'A Troublesome Inheritance': race, genes and success". CBC Radio: Day 6. CBC Radio. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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