Outliers : the story of success
/ Malcolm Gladwell
- 1st edition
- New York : Little, Brown and Co. , c2008.
- 309 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-296) and index.
The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.