Outliers： The Story of Success  出类拔萃之辈的成功秘笈

• 作　　者：Malcolm Gladwell　著
• 出 版 社：
• 出版时间：2009年04月
• 国际ISBN：9780316036696
• 十位书号：0316036692
• 图书编号：10482668

  《Outliers： The Story of Success  出类拔萃之辈的成功秘笈》亚马逊编辑推荐： Amazon.com Review
  Amazon Best of the Month, November 2008:Now that he's gotten us talking about the viral life of ideas and thepower of gut reactions, Malcolm Gladwell poses a more provocativequestion in Outliers: why do some people succeed, livingremarkably productive and impactful lives, while so many more neverreach their potential? Challenging our cherished belief of theself-made man, he makes the democratic assertion that superstars don'tarise out of nowhere, propelled by genius and talent: they areinvariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinaryopportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and workhard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. Examining thelives of outliers from Mozart to Bill Gates, he builds a convincingcase for how successful people rise on a tide of advantages, somedeserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky.

Outlierscan be enjoyed for its bits of trivia, like why most pro hockey playerswere born in January, how many hours of practice it takes to master askill, why the descendents of Jewish immigrant garment workers becamethe most powerful lawyers in New York, how a pilots' culture impactstheir crash record, how a centuries-old culture of rice farming helpsAsian kids master math. But there's more to it than that. Throughoutall of these examples--and in more that delve into the social benefitsof lighter skin color, and the reasons for school achievementgaps--Gladwell invites conversations about the complex ways privilegemanifests in our culture. He leaves us pondering the gifts of our ownhistory, and how the world could benefit if more of our kids weregranted the opportunities to fulfill their remarkable potential. --Mari Malcolm

  --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

      From Publishers Weekly
  SignatureReviewed by Leslie ChangIn Outliers, Gladwell (The Tipping Point)once again proves masterful in a genre he essentially pioneered—thebook that illuminates secret patterns behind everyday phenomena. Hisgift for spotting an intriguing mystery, luring the reader in, thengradually revealing his lessons in lucid prose, is on vivid display. Outliersbegins with a provocative look at why certain five-year-old boys enjoyan advantage in ice hockey, and how these advantages accumulate overtime. We learn what Bill Gates, the Beatles and Mozart had in common:along with talent and ambition, each enjoyed an unusual opportunity tointensively cultivate a skill that allowed them to rise above theirpeers. A detailed investigation of the unique culture and skills ofEastern European Jewish immigrants persuasively explains their rise in20th-century New York, first in the garment trade and then in the legalprofession. Through case studies ranging from Canadian junior hockeychampions to the robber barons of the Gilded Age, from Asian mathwhizzes to software entrepreneurs to the rise of his own family inJamaica, Gladwell tears down the myth of individual merit to explorehow culture, circumstance, timing, birth and luck account forsuccess—and how historical legacies can hold others back despite ampleindividual gifts. Even as we know how many of these stories end,Gladwell restores the suspense and serendipity to these narratives thatmake them fresh and surprising.One hazard of this genre is glibness. Inseeking to understand why Asian children score higher on math tests,Gladwell explores the persistence and painstaking labor required tocultivate rice as it has been done in East Asia for thousands of years;though fascinating in its details, the study does not prove that arice-growing heritage explains math prowess, as Gladwell asserts.Another pitfall is the urge to state the obvious: No one, Gladwellconcludes in a chapter comparing a high-IQ failure named Chris Langanwith the brilliantly successful J. Robert Oppenheimer, not rock stars,not professional athletes, not software billionaires and not evengeniuses—ever makes it alone. But who in this day and age believes thata high intelligence quotient in itself promises success? In structuringhis book against that assumption, Gladwell has set up a decidedlyflimsy straw man. In the end it is the seemingly airtight nature ofGladwell's arguments that works against him. His conclusions are builtalmost exclusively on the findings of others—sociologists,psychologists, economists, historians—yet he rarely delves into themethodology behind those studies. And he is free to cherry-pick thosecases that best illustrate his points; one is always left wonderingabout the data he evaluated and rejected because it did not support hisargument, or perhaps contradicted it altogether. Real life is seldom asneat as it appears in a Malcolm Gladwell book. (Nov.)Leslie T. Chang is the author of Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (Spiegel & Grau).   
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....[Gladwell's] flair for narrative serves him well as a reader.Gladwell builds dramatic tension into his storytelling from the uniquechildhood of software tycoon Bill Gates to the secrets of success foundalong the rice fields of ancient China and Japan making for an engaginglistening experience.... (Publishers Weekly )

Likehis previous work, THE TIPPING POINT, BLINK is a thought-provoking,category-defying book. The audio is read by the author with care andconviction. (AudioFile Magazine )  --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.


《Outliers： The Story of Success  出类拔萃之辈的成功秘笈》内容简介 ： SignatureReviewed by Leslie ChangIn Outliers, Gladwell (The TippingPoint) once again proves masterful in a genre he essentiallypioneered—the book that illuminates secret patterns behind everydayphenomena. His gift for spotting an intriguing mystery, luring thereader in, then gradually revealing his lessons in lucid prose, is onvivid display. Outliers begins with a provocative look at why certainfive-year-old boys enjoy an advantage in ice hockey, and how theseadvantages accumulate over time. We learn what Bill Gates, the Beatlesand Mozart had in common: along with talent and ambition, each enjoyedan unusual opportunity to intensively cultivate a skill that allowedthem to rise above their peers. A detailed investigation of the uniqueculture and skills of Eastern European Jewish immigrants persuasivelyexplains their rise in 20th-century New York, first in the garmenttrade and then in the legal profession. Through case studies rangingfrom Canadian junior hockey champions to the robber barons of theGilded Age, from Asian math whizzes to software entrepreneurs to therise of his own family in Jamaica, Gladwell tears down the myth ofindividual merit to explore how culture, circumstance, timing, birthand luck account for success—and how historical legacies can holdothers back despite ample individual gifts. Even as we know how many ofthese stories end, Gladwell restores the suspense and serendipity tothese narratives that make them fresh and surprising.One hazard of thisgenre is glibness. In seeking to understand why Asian children scorehigher on math tests, Gladwell explores the persistence and painstakinglabor required to cultivate rice as it has been done in East Asia forthousands of years; though fascinating in its details, the study doesnot prove that a rice-growing heritage explains math prowess, asGladwell asserts. Another pitfall is the urge to state the obvious: Noone, Gladwell concludes in a chapter comparing a high-IQ failure namedChris Langan with the brilliantly successful J. Robert Oppenheimer, notrock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires andnot even geniuses—ever makes it alone. But who in this day and agebelieves that a high intelligence quotient in itself promises success?In structuring his book against that assumption, Gladwell has set up adecidedly flimsy straw man. In the end it is the seemingly airtightnature of Gladwell's arguments that works against him. His conclusionsare built almost exclusively on the findings of others—sociologists,psychologists, economists, historians—yet he rarely delves into themethodology behind those studies. And he is free to cherry-pick thosecases that best illustrate his points; one is always left wonderingabout the data he evaluated and rejected because it did not support hisargument, or perhaps contradicted it altogether. Real life is seldom asneat as it appears in a Malcolm Gladwell book. (Nov.)Leslie T. Chang isthe author of Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China(Spiegel & Grau).


《Outliers： The Story of Success  出类拔萃之辈的成功秘笈》作者简介 ： Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He was formerly a business and science reporter at the Washington Post.  --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
目录 ： INTRODUCTION The Roseto Mystery
PART ONE:OPPORTUNITY
  ONE The Matthew Effect
  TWO The 100,000-Hour Rule
  THREE The Trouble with Geniuses,Part1
  Four The Trouble with Geniuses,Part2
  FIVE The Three Lessons of Joe Flom
PART TWO:LEGACY
  SIX Harlan,Kentucky
  SEVEN The Eghnic Theory of Plane Crashes
  EIGHT Rice Paddies and Math Tests
  NINE Marita's Bargain
  EPILOGUE
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX