intellect

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Practical wisdom

the right way to do the right thing
2010
Explains how to identify, cultivate, and enact the wisdom to react appropriately in any situation, finding a balance between wanting to do the right thing and wanting to succeed, and resulting in a healthier and more successful life.

Multiple intelligences in the classroom

1994
Explains the theory of multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner in which he maps a broad range of human abilities by grouping them into seven categories; and discusses how the theory can be applied to issues of classroom teaching, especially with students who have been classified as learning disabled.

The bell curve

intelligence and class structure in American life
1994
Presents the view that low intelligence is the cause of many of America's social problems.

Social intelligence

the new science of human relationships
2006
Explores how daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses, and strangers shape the human brain and cells, and examines the development of the science of social intelligence, which studies those encounters and their impact on the interpersonal world.

Emotional intelligence

2006
Discusses how much influence a person's "emotional intelligence" has on their ability to succeed in their personal life and their career.

Everything bad is good for you

how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter
2005
Presents an examination of popular culture in America, and suggests--with examples from research--that vehicles of mass media and entertainment such as television and video games are evidence of an increasingly sophisticated cognitive culture that makes the mind measurable sharper than in the past.

Sergio Aragon?s the Groo maiden

2002
Groo is in love with Ckakaal, the most skilled, powerful swordswoman in all the land, and tries to find a way to catch her eye.

The dragons of Eden

speculations on the evolution of human intelligence
1977
Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestial life.

Broca's brain

reflections on the romance of science
1979
Explorers various aspects of several fields of science and examines the role of the intellect in scientific achievement.

Baby Brains

2004
Even though the new baby of Mr. and Mrs. Brains is very intelligent, they realize that he is still just a baby.

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