Race, Intelligence and Education by H. J. Eysenck (review)

Race, Intelligence and Education. By H. J. Eysenck. London: Temple Smith, 1971. Pp. 158. 7Qp. In his book, Race, Intelligence and Education, Eysenck reviews die evidence for the relative importance of heredity and environment in causing the average differences in IQ and school achievement between Negroes and whites in the United States. He concludes that the issue is not settled but that the weight of the evidence is that heredity as well as environment is responsible for these "racial" differences. He emphasizes the need for further research as a necessary means to social justice. This is an objective examination of die evidence and logic of arguments. This book should be read by all educators, politicians, social reformers, and citizens who are interested in the causes of social problems. It does not include all of the reasons why the issue is important and does not examine all possible means of reducing the achievement gap between Negroes and whites. For example, there is no discussion of differences in qualifications for parenthood among individuals of all "races" and the possible use of selective population control. But the subject is encyclopedic, and the author has wisely chosen to write a lucid small book which is focused on some possible genetic bases of social problems. Dwight J. Ingle University of Chicago 154 I Book Reviews OUR OFFICE GIRL (who supported a husband, long enough for him) She worked four years for us and then she quit To take a job I helped her get. A joy She was around the office here. A bit Of luck for us to get her. Seems a boy In her same college class came here to school, To study medicine. They married. She Supported him, and loved it. Young men fool You easily sometimes. I knew that he Was not die type I like, diat's all. Too slick, Perhaps. Oh, good enough in classes, yes. He graduated, but the girl got sick. That's when I learned about her mental stress. He wanted a divorce, which was arranged. He left, she left—and we are left, short-changed. POEMS AS FILLERS A poem is a jeweled ring To brighten any handy place, With words that sparkle as diey sing. A poem is a jeweled ring, Encircling thought to make it swing With rhythmic beat and tuneful grace. A poem is a jeweled ring To brighten any handy place. Franklin C. Bing Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Autumn 1971 | 155 EMERITAL ONE-UPMANSHIP At weekly GRAND ROUNDS a visiting personage long emeritus his basic science at ebbplaintive he as brains disport with enzymes' cousinsrestive as bearded flog bedside moleculesapprehensive as new syndromes tossed forth and back. Courtesy dictates diat his view be invited but algae now grow where wisdom's cells once flourished— to save face, this grace: aged's ace, one-upmanship, he knows the diagnosisl David Seegal 156 I Verse ...