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Intelligence of Sherlock Holmes: And Other Three-pipe Problems [Paperback]

John Radford (Author)
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  • Paperback: 164 pages
  • Publisher: Sigma Forlag,Norway (Aug 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 8279160043
  • ISBN-13: 978-8279160045
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,769,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Some reviews of my book
Intriguing...fascinating...witty...A delightfully eccentric piece of scholarship - The Guardian

An excellent psychological study of Holmes and Watson...in the best traditions of Holmes scholarship - Newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London

In reading it I soon became aware that the author was a peer of Sherlock Holmes in intelligence, powers of deduction, and attention to detail...It kept me smiling and made me want to take my collection of Sherlock Holmes stories off the shelf to re-read...A unique contribution both to psychology and admirers of Sherlock Holmes - Professor William J McKeachie, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan and best-selling text-book author.

An intriguing book...the first to consider Holmes and his ever-present companion Dr Watson from the point of view of modern psychology - Mensa Magazine, UK

A woderful book - Dr Tsukasa Kobayashi, Japanese Sherlock Holmes Society

It is immensely detailed in its erudition, yet precise and easy to read, and should stimulate the imagination of anyone embarking on a course in psychology of literature. Highly recommended - David Kinder, Chartered Educational Psychologist

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is indispensable for the study of Sherlock Holmes. 25 Dec 2000
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Consider the case of Sherlock Holmes! Psychologist John Radford has, with fascinating results regarding Holmes's mental profile: his great intellect - which Radford uniquely measures: Holmes's mysterious childhood when strange influences abounded according to Prof. Radford and Sigmund Freud; and Holmes's fateful "Road to Reichenbach" where he grappled with Prof. Moriarity at the Falls. There is a great deal more on Holmes and on Dr. Watson too. This book is a must for every university and college that has a psychology department; for anyone interested in the personality of an archetypal hero; and for everyone who enjoys, as John Radford evidently does, all the adventures of Sherlock Holmes which were written with great regard to their importance for following generations by his friend and faithful companion, John H. Watson.

F.A.X. Somers, Esq. (Prof. Sergius Coram)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Convincing, thought provoking and a great read 29 Sep 2001
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At last a contemporary writer has drawn aside the veil of fiction and clearly demonstrated that Holmes was a real person. This lucid account of the great detective's mental attributes obviously emanates from a man whose scholarship and insight have seen through Conan Doyle's attempts to disguise the fact that the dramatised tales were, in fact, reports.
Radford embeds Holmes amongst the great scientific and forensic minds of his time. This is conducted in an analytical way that leaves little room for doubt: only a real historical figure could have absorbed and synthesized the range of new ideas of that era and create (and practice)the pragmatic art of detection. The fact that so much of Holmes methodology exists to this day indicates that he could not be a fantasy.
If anyone should still doubt, one only needs to refer to one of the recent memoirs of the late Sir Harry Flashman for positive identification. This however, would merely be the cherry on John Radford's exceedingly well baked cake.
John Williams
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