This combination scientific history and educational research primer provides a great overview to the state of the field but also a fascinating case study in how difficult it can be to challenge popular but unsupported concepts. Fallace reviews the early research on learning styles, which were exclusively on young children and limited in scope but then quickly trumpeted as a general lesson for education. Often this ossified racist stereotypes, as earlier and equally discredited research on IQ had done. I did like how this book identifies some theories that are well supported, such as "thinking styles," and overall this is an important book for those interested in learning and education at any level. Highly recommend