Francis Galton (1822–1911)
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Crédit image: From "The Life, Letters, and Labors of Francis Galton" by Karl Pearson.
Œuvres de Francis Galton
Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into Its Laws And Consequences (Great Minds Series) (1972) 49 exemplaires
The Art of Rough Travel: From the Peculiar to Practical, Advice From a 19th Century Explorer (2006) 22 exemplaires
L'arte di viaggiare. Il manuale degli esploratori inglesi dell'Ottocento secondo le indicazioni della Royal… (2007) 3 exemplaires
Life History Album. Prepared by direction of the Collective Investigation Committee of the British Medical Association. 2 exemplaires
Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860 2 exemplaires
Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are… (2011) 2 exemplaires
Narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa; being an account of a visit to Damaraland in 1851 1 exemplaire
The Art of Travel by Francis Galton (Murray, 1855) 1 exemplaire
Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1862 - 1863 1 exemplaire
Psychometric experiments 1 exemplaire
The telotype, a printing electric telegraph 1 exemplaire
Cutting a round cake on scientific principles 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1822-02-16
- Date de décès
- 1911-01-17
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK (England)
- Lieu de naissance
- Birmingham, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Études
- King's College London
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
King Edward's School, Birmingham, England, UK
Birmingham General Hospital - Professions
- statistician
psychometrician
proto-geneticist
meteorologist
geographer
eugenicist (tout afficher 7)
anthropologist - Relations
- Darwin, Erasmus (grandfather)
Darwin, Charles (cousin) - Organisations
- Royal Society (Fellow)
Royal Geographical Society
British Association for the Advancement of Science - Prix et distinctions
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1860)
Copley Medal
Darwin-Wallace Medal (1908)
Darwin Medal (1902)
Knighthood (1909)
Membres
Critiques
English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture par Francis Galton
Francis Galton mailed surveys to a bunch of scientists to find out if interest in science was due to nature or nurture. He decides nature, but fails to account for class in any meaningful sense, which seems like a major foul-up. He may have invented both statistics and surveys, but judging by this book, he was not very good at it, probably because he also invented eugenics. You're better off reading The Victorian Scientist: The Growth of a Profession by Jack Meadows, which summarizes all the bits that are useful to a modern-day scholar.… (plus d'informations)
Fascinating tips for the Victorian traveller/explorer.
1st pub 1872 for the TRUE traveler adventurer.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 32
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 299
- Popularité
- #78,483
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 86
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 2
