Size Matters（ISBN=） 英文原版

　　An award-winning journalist tackles the hot topic of male body
image and shows how physical size during childhood affects our
psychology, social status, relationships, and income as adults.
With a mix of fresh research, incisive reportage, and bracing
candor, Size Matters traces the surprising history of societys bias
against shortness and reveals how short people can and do thrive in
spite of this insidious bigotry. Drawing on his own childhood
experiences (he was shorter than 99 percent of boys his age),
Stephen Hall explains the evolution of the growth chart, the
biology of childhood aggression, and the wrenching phenomenon of
bullying. He explores the factors that determine why one childs
small stature may lead to anguish while another short child
develops an emotional resilience that will enrich his later life.
Weaving together recent findings from the fields of animal
behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology, Hall assesses the
role of physical size in mating success and argues that the alpha
male may not be king of the mountain after all. Hall also pinpoints
the social forces that create and cash in on our anxieties about
size, from bulked-up superhero action figures to pharmaceutical
companies selling growth hormone to increase a childs height — at
a cost of up to $40,000 a year. He introduces us to families who
have agonized over whether to make that huge investment. He
explains new research showing that a persons height as a teenager
has lifelong psychological consequences. He even tracks down kids
he bullied in elementary school and kids who bullied him in high
school to show that these childhood encounters have lasting effects
on our adult lives. Along the way, Hall builds a persuasive case
against societal attitudes that make size (or any difference)
matter and argues forcefully that being short has psychological,
social, and biological advantages. Size Matters will raise the
consciousness — and the spirits — of any short male and anyone
who cares about him.

　　STEPHEN S. HALL is the author of Merchants of Immortality and
three other acclaimed works of science reportage. He writes
frequently for the New York Times Magazine, Discover, and other
magazines. He is 5534″ and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his
59″ wife and their two average-size children.

Introduction
PART I THE LITTLE ONES
　1. “Chunky”
　2. “Longitude” and “Pondus Absolutum”
　3. A Brief Interruption for a Bicycle Accident
PART II “MY, HOW YOUVE GROWN…”
　4. The Invention of Childhood
　5. The Bully Inside Me
　6. Runts, Sneaks, and Dominators
PART III THE SPURT
　7. “To Grow Hairy”
　8. Belittled
　9. The Prussian Curse
PART IV TIMING
　10. Timing Is Everything
　11. “Man in His Perfection”
　12. The Emperors New Medicine Cabinet
PART V STATURE AS METAPHOR
　13. College and Beyond
　14. The Tallest People on Earth
　15. Final Height
　Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index