Author: KEYNES, MILO. GALTON, FRANCIS (1822-1911). GALTON INSTITUTE. ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE GALTON INSTITUTE, (28TH : 1991 : LONDON)
Title: Sir Francis Galton, FRS : the legacy of his ideas : proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual symposium of the Galton Institute, London, 1991 / edited by Milo Keynes
Description: Basingstoke : Macmillan in association with the Galton Institute 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Series; Studies in biology. economy. and society. Physical description; x. 237 p. : ill. ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. 'Sir Francis Galton. FRS: bibliography' - p. 214-227 (Reprinted from: 'Francis Galton: the life and work of a Victorian genius' / D.W. Forrest. London : Paul Elek. 1974). Contents; Includes 3 chapters from Sir Francis Galton's inquiries into human faculty. Summary; '.this is a splendid. first-class book. the definitive book on Francis Galton and his legacy. The editing has been superb.The timing of its publication is excellent in relation to the increasing interest in human genetics in all areas of the biological and behavioural sciences'.R.Plomin. Distinguished Professor and Director. Center for Development and Health Genetics. Pennsylvania State University Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911). a grandson of Erasmus Darwin. was one of the most versatile men of his time. In his twenties he won fame as an explorer. He worked at the prediction of weather. and described his discovery of the anticyclone He first became an anthropologist in 1862 when he joined the Ethnological Society. He initiated anthropometry and the measurement of human variation. and the use of photography for the analysis of differencies. or individual characteristics. in a group. He recognised the uniqueness of Finger Prints. and. in 1875. first used the records of pairs of identical twins in his researches into the laws of heredity. Besides contributions to human genetics. Galton devised the correlation coefficient. and was thus concerned with the advancement of statistics. In 1883. he coined the word eugenics by which he meant 'good in birth' and 'noble in heredity'. and. in 1904. he founded the Galton Laboratory at University College. London. He was first President of the Eugenics Education Society in 1907. Subjects; Galton. Francis (1822-1911). Galton. Francis Sir (1822-1911) - Congresses. Galton. Francis (1822-1911) - Congresses. Geneticists - Great Britain. Eugenics - Great Britain - History. Science - History. Scientists - Great Britain - Biography. Genetics. Anthropometry. Meteorology - History. Eugenics - Great Britain - History - Congresses. Geneticists - Great Britain - Congresses. Geneticists - England - Biography. Scientists - England - Biography. Great Britain. Biography - Conference - Edwards John Hilton - Galton Francis - Smith John Maynard. Galton. Francis Sir (1822-1911) - Biography. Dates covered: (1822-1911). History of science ; Medical genetics. Genetics (non-medical). (c 1800 to c 1900) ; 20th century. Biography & Autobiography / General. Literary Criticism / General. Medical / Genetics. Science / Life Sciences / Biochemistry. History ; Biochemistry ; Human genetics ; Literature ; History. Galton. Sir Francis. Genres; Biographies. Conference publication. Genetics - England - biography. Illustrated. Surgery - England - biography. ISBN: 0333546954. Weight in Kg appr.:

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