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Extreme Measures: The Dark Visions and Bright Ideas of Francis Galton (2004)

Brookes, Martin (Author)

Bloomsbury

ISBN: 1582344817

Publication Date: 2004
Physical Details: xviii + 298 pp.; ill., facsim., geneal. table, ports.
Language: English

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Biographies Eugenics Genetics 19th century Galton, Francis

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