Outliers (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 24 books, including Outliers, Monday, November 2 2009.

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 24 books, including Outliers, Monday, November 2 2009.

Shelfari edited the summary of Outliers Saturday, October 31 2009.

• The premise of this book is simple and straightforward. Almost always, people that are radical over-achievers have had factors in their life that pre-dispose them to radical over-achievement.

  Bill Gates wasn't just lucky or genius (he is both of those things); rather, he had an amazing set of circumstances and advantages that uniquely positioned him to become a personal computer pioneer and industry maverick.

  The premise is obvious by Chapter 2 and the remainder of the book is example after example affirming it. "Malcolm"Malcolm -- you had me at Chapter 2."2." Great premise... and should be contained in a a 100 page book.

Timothy Gray edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Outliers Saturday, October 24 2009.

• Edited: "OutliersOutliers are those who have been given opportunities-and who have the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

John W edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Outliers Saturday, October 24 2009.

• Added: "Outliers are those who have been given opportunities-and who have the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

Timothy Gray approved AndrewTheLott’s request to change the contributors of Outliers Wednesday, October 7 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the contributors of Outliers Wednesday, October 7 2009.

• Removed a contributor: Malcolm Gladwell: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray edited the glossary of Outliers Tuesday, September 29 2009.

• Added the definition of Matthew Effect: The phenomenon in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is dubbed "accumulative advantage" by Gladwell, while sociologist Robert K. Merton calls it "the Matthew Effect", after a verse in the Gospel of Matthew: "For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."

Timothy Gray edited the quotations of Outliers Tuesday, September 29 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “For hockey and soccer players born in January, it's a better shot at making the all-star teamteam.”Malcolm Gladwell
• Edited a quotation: “They were born at the right time with the right parents and the right ethnicity, which allowed them to practice takeover law for twenty years before the rest of the legal world caught onon.”Malcolm Gladwell
• Added a quotation: “Outliers wasn't intended as autobiography. But you could read it as an extended apology for my success.”Malcolm Gladwell

Timothy Gray edited the characters of Outliers Tuesday, September 29 2009.

• Edited the description of Chris Langan: A genius - some call him "the smartest man in America".with an IQ of 195.
• Added the description of J. Robert Oppenheimer: theoretical physicist and "father of the atomic bomb".
• marked the description of J. Robert Oppenheimer as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Joyce Gladwell: writer, therapist and mother of Malcolm Gladwell
• marked the description of Joyce Gladwell as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Graham Gladwell: math professor and father of Malcolm Gladwell
• marked the description of Graham Gladwell as not a spoiler