Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton 3 Volume Set in 4 Pieces

Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton 3 Volume Set in 4 Pieces

Pearson, Karl

Cambridge University Press

04/2011

1680

Inglês

9781108072441

4500

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Volume 1: Preface; 1. Foreword; 2. The ancestry of Francis Galton; 3. Childhood and boyhood; 4. Lehrjahre and wanderjahre I - Medical studies and the flight to Constantinople; 5. Lehrjahre and wanderjahre II - Mathematical studies and Cambridge pleasures; 6. Fallow years, 1844-1849; 7. The reawakening: scientific exploration; Appendix. Volume 2: Preface; 8. Transition studies: art of travel, geography, climate; 9. Early anthropological researches; 10. The early study of heredity: correspondence with Alphonse de Candolle and Charles Darwin; 11. Psychological investigations; 12. Photographic researches and portraiture; 13. Statistical investigations, especially with regard to anthropometry. Volume 3: Preface; 14. Correlation and the application of statistics to the problems of heredity; 15. Personal identification and description; 16. Eugenics as a creed and the last decade of Galton's life; Appendix; 17. Characterisation, especially by letters; Index.
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