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Chapter 16 - The Intelligence of Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2018

By
Richard Lynn
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Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
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Cornell University, New York
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The Nature of Human Intelligence , pp. 256 - 269
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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