Francis Galton (1822–1911)
Autor/a de The Art of Travel: or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: From "The Life, Letters, and Labors of Francis Galton" by Karl Pearson.
Obres de Francis Galton
Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into Its Laws And Consequences (Great Minds Series) (1972) 49 exemplars
The Art of Rough Travel: From the Peculiar to Practical, Advice From a 19th Century Explorer (2006) 22 exemplars
L'arte di viaggiare. Il manuale degli esploratori inglesi dell'Ottocento secondo le indicazioni della Royal… (2007) 3 exemplars
Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860 2 exemplars
Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are… (2011) 2 exemplars
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- Data de naixement
- 1822-02-16
- Data de defunció
- 1911-01-17
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK (England)
- Lloc de naixement
- Birmingham, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Educació
- 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 (mostra-les totes 7)
anthropologist - Relacions
- Darwin, Erasmus (grandfather)
Darwin, Charles (cousin) - Organitzacions
- Royal Society (Fellow)
Royal Geographical Society
British Association for the Advancement of Science - Premis i honors
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1860)
Copley Medal
Darwin-Wallace Medal (1908)
Darwin Medal (1902)
Knighthood (1909)
Membres
Ressenyes
English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture de 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.… (més)
Fascinating tips for the Victorian traveller/explorer.
1st pub 1872 for the TRUE traveler adventurer.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 32
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 299
- Popularitat
- #78,483
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 86
- Llengües
- 3
- Preferit
- 2
