Outliers: The Story of Success
n this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual
journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the
most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes
high-achievers different?
His answer is that we pay too much
attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention
to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their
generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along
the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes
to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made
the Beatles the greatest rock band.
Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
Product details
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (18 November 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316017922
- ISBN-13: 978-0316017923
- Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 2.5 x 21 cm
