Book ID: CBB000037355

Sir Francis Galton, FRS: The legacy of his ideas (1993)

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Keynes, Milo (Editor)


Macmillan


Publication Date: 1993
Edition Details: Proceedings of the 28th annual symposium of the Galton Institute, London, 1991.
Physical Details: ix + 237 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

Description Contents: Keynes, Milo: Sir Francis Galton--A man with a universal scientific curiosity. Bynum, W.F.: The historical Galton. Middleton, Dorothy: Francis Galton: Travel and geography. Tickell, Crispin: Meteorographica and weather. Eysenck, H.J.: Intelligence and hereditary genius. Edwards, J.H.: The Galton Lecture for 1991: Francis Galton--Numeracy and innumeracy in genetics. Edwards, A.W.F.: Galton, Karl Pearson and modern statistical theory. Tanner, J.M.: Galton on human growth and form. Mascie-Taylor, C.G. Nicholas: Galton and the use of twin studies. Hauser, Gertrud: Galton and the study of fingerprints. Smith, John Maynard: Galton and evolutionary theory. Banton, Michael: Galton's conception of race in historical perspective. Armytage, W.H.G.: Galton, the educationist. Jones, J.S.: The Galton laboratory, University College London. Francis Galton: Three chapters for Sir Francis Galton's Inquiries into Human Faculty. SIR FRANCIS GALTON, FRS--Bibliography. LIST OF PRESIDENTS of Eugenics Education Society 1908-1926, Eugenics Society 1926-1989, Galton Institute 1989- .


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Authors & Contributors
Fancher, Raymond E.
Vincent Auffrey
Adam Krashniak
Smith, Elise Juzda
Pereira Martins, Lilian Al-Chueyr
Waller, John C.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
History of Science
Vesalius
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Social Studies of Science
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Springer Nature
Oxford University Press
Galton Laboratory, University College, London
Bloomsbury
Concepts
Eugenics
Biology
Genetics
Psychology
Science and race
Heredity
People
Galton, Francis
Weldon, Walter Frank Raphael
Roberts, Charles
Vries, Hugo Marie de
Wright, Sewall
Weismann, August
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Ancient
18th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Québec (Canada)
Institutions
Cambridge University
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