Sorry But You're Wrong About It

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. First edition. Octavo. 330. Publisher's full black cloth, orange paper labels stamped in black. Cloth starting at bottom corners, light tearing on pages from ffep to end of contents page, lightly pressed corners, minor edge-wear. A very good copy.

This first edition is signed by the author on the ffep.

Albert Edward Wiggam (1871-1957) was an American psychologist and popularizer of eugenics. He was called “one of the most influential promoters of eugenic thought”. He had exceptional skills as a popular lecturer.

In this book, Wiggam writes "with the hope that it may induce a larger number of people to do their thinking by analytical methods of science. [...] As I urge again and again throughout this book and throughout all my books, science is only a small part of life; it is only one approach to truth; but in its own domain it is supreme." (preface). It debates popular fallacies such as "That you can read your character and destiny in the stars", "That bald-headedness is due to tight had bands", and "That women can drive automobiles as well as men" While the prose is often humorous, Wiggam does stay true to his accolades and the book's preface by using scientific thought and expert-driven methodologies.