![]() ![]() Two University of Michigan psychologists who linked patterns of aggression in American men to regional origins. Two violently feuding families from Harlan County, Kentucky. Louis BorgenichtĪ New York garment worker who became an entrepreneur. Joe FlomĪn ambitious New York Jewish lawyer who became a named partner at the firm of Skadden & Arps. Robert OppenheimerĪ celebrated physicist who became the director of the Manhattan Project. Lewis TermanĪ researcher and psychology professor who conducted a study of individuals with high IQs. ![]() Langan never earned a college degree or achieved any major form of professional recognition, at least beyond his appearance on the game show 1 vs. Christopher LanganĪ man with an exceptionally high IQ and remarkable learning aptitudes. The founder of Microsoft, and a man who benefited from early exposure to programming technology. Bill JoyĪn influential computer programmer and the co-founder of Sun Microsystems. ![]() Stewart WolfĪ physician who studied the exceptional health of the residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania. He occasionally refers to his own perceptions and discusses interviews that he has conducted, but his perspective becomes most prominent in the book's epilogue, "A Jamaican Story," which records Gladwell's own family history. Gladwell is a journalist who, at the time of writing Outliers, had published two other books, Blink and The Tipping Point. ![]()
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