Francis Peter Galton

CONTENTS: The Possible Improvement of the Human Breed under Existing Conditions of Law and Sentiment Eugenics, its Definition, Scope, and Aims Restrictions in Marriage Studies in National Eugenics Eugenics as a Factor in Religion Probability, the Foundation of Eugenics Local Associations for Promoti...

The handbook used by nineteenth century explorers - in the days when travelling was rough, and a man's life depended upon his ingenuity. Amongst other things, the Art of Travel shows: How to follow a track by night; catch fish without a line; organise an expedition; tan leather; descend a cliff; coo...

Few scientists have made lasting contributions to as many fields as Francis Galton. He was an important African explorer, travel writer, and geographer. He was the meteorologist who discovered the anticyclone, a pioneer in using fingerprints to identify individuals, the inventor of regression and co...

Galton invented the term eugenics and set down many of his observations and conclusions in this book which covers a variety of psychological phenomena and their subsequent measurement. It discusses the variety of human nature, physical features, bodily qualities, emotions, psychology, anthropometric...

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Memories are arranged under the 1subjects to which they refer, and only partially in chronological order. A copious list of my memoirs will be found in the Appendix with dates attached to them. These show what inquiries were going on at or about any specified year. The titles of books are printed in...

4 works of Francis GaltonEnglish Victorian polymath: anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician (1822-1911)This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Francis Galton. A dynamic table of contents allows yo...

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