Born to Rebel author comes under heavy fire. A political scientist and former journal editor has asked the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to set up an inquiry to determine whether scientific Reviews Frank J. SuUoway, Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives. New York: Pantheon, 1996. 653 pp. $30.00, ISBN -679-44232-4. Frank Sulloway's first book, Freud: Biologist of the Mind, was deeply researched and deeply ambivalent about Sigmund Freud. Buy Born To Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives New Ed by Frank J. Sulloway (ISBN: 9780349111001) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Abstract. Sibling competition is widespread among bird and animal species and sometimes leads to siblicide. By influencing the strategies that siblings employ in their struggles for dominance, birth order affects the outcomes of such contests. Sulloway was born on February 2, 1947 in Concord, New Hampshire. He earned his A.B., summa cum laude, in History and Science from Harvard University in 1969.He received his A.M. (1971) and Ph.D. (1978) in the history of science from this same university. Born to Rebel is a path-breaking study, a solid confirmation of the belief that a scientific, empirical basis exists for our understanding of human behavior. Reviews of the Born to Rebel: Vintage Books Edition: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives Born to Rebel: An Autobiography (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.) [Benjamin E. Mays, Orville Vernon Burton] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Born the son of a sharecropper in 1894 near Ninety Six, South Carolina, Benjamin E. Mays went on to serve as president of Morehouse College for twenty-seven years and as the first president of the Atlanta School Board. Family dynamics, Sulloway concludes, is a primary engine of historical change. Elegantly written, masterfully researched, Born to Rebel is a grand achievement that has galvanized historians and social scientists and will fascinate anyone who has ever pondered the enigma of human character. "Daring . . . a stunning achievement. Frank Sulloway is a Research Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a winner of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. His first book, Freud, Biologist of the Mind (1979), won the Pfizer Award of the History of Science Society. In Born to Rebel, Sulloway focuses on birth order. Request PDF | Birth Order and Civil Disobedience: A Test of Sulloway's "Born to Rebel" Hypothesis | In Born to Rebel, F. Sulloway (1996) argued that, throughout history, later-borns have been In this connection, he is the author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives (1996). Dr. Dr. Sulloway's researches on birth order and family dynamics have been featured on a variety of national television shows including "Nightline," the "Today Show," "Dateline NBC," the Discovery Channel, the " The Charlie Rose Show