Outliers : the story of success /
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 a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2008.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Connect to Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780316017923 0316017922 9780316036696 0316036692 9780316024976 031602497X 9780316017930 0316017930 |