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English Men of Science
Author | : Francis Galton |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2018-12-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429665105 |
This edition first published in 1970. Francis Galton has been honoured as the founder of biostatics and one of the creators of modern psychology. His principal aim was to establish a body of statistical knowledge about mental heredity which would result in a new pattern of behaviour for society. The relationship between outstanding men had led him to conclude that mental traits are inherited, and that an ideal society would take advantage of this "fact". In this particular work, which he termed a "Natural History of the English Men of Science of the present day", he examined at great length the antecedents, environment, education and hereditary features of the most prominent men of science in order to establish certain laws relating to heredity. It is a landmark in the transition from introspective to objective methods in biological and psychological research, and the author’s statistical, nonanecdotal approach was to prove immensely fruitful for the development of psychology. Indeed the questionnaire included in the work is probably the earliest in existence. As Professor Cowan points out in her introduction, historians as well as scientists intent upon a deeper understanding of the Victorian mind will find much of interest in this remarkable book.
English Men of Science
Author | : Francis Galton |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2023-11-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385233151 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
English Men of Science: their Nature and Nurture
Author | : Francis Galton |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2023-06-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368827804 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
English Men of Science
Author | : Francis Galton |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2015-07-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781451003048 |
Excerpt from English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture I may add that four of the scientific men who replied to my questions have passed away since I began to write. Of these, two had sent me complete returns, namely, Professor Phillips. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.