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BL
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1040353
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b794723
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Gillham, Nicholas W.
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A life of Sir Francis Galton : : from African exploration to the birth of eugenics /\ Nicholas Wright Gillham.
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Oxford [England] ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xii, 416 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0195349431
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: 1280531460
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: 1423761227
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: 6610531463
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: 9780195349436
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: 9781280531460
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: 9781423761228
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: 9786610531462
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0195143655
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-397) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; Prologue: Francis Galton in Perspective; I. ANTECEDENTS AND BEGINNINGS; 1 An Enviable Pedigree; 2 Metamorphosis: From Birth to Medical School; 3 A Poll Degree from Cambridge; 4 Drifting; II. GEOGRAPHY AND EXPLORATION; 5 South Africa; 6 Making Peace with Jonker Afrikaner; 7 Expedition to Ovampoland; 8 Fame and Marriage; 9 Riding High with the Royal Geographical Society; I. The Great Lakes of Africa; 10 Riding High with the Royal Geographical Society; II. Stanley Faces Off with the Geographers; 11 Weather Maps and the Anticyclone; III. THE TRIUMPH OF THE PEDIGREE.
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12 Hereditary Talent and Character13 Gemmules, Rabbits, Germs, and Stirps; 14 Nature and Nurture; 15 Sweet Peas and Anthropometrics; 16 Probing the Mind; 17 Fingerprints; 18 The Birth of Biometrics; 19 Galton's Disciples; 20 Evolution by Jumps; 21 The Mendelians Trump the Biometricians; 22 The Triumph of the Pedigree: Eugenics; Epilogue: Out of Pandora's Box: The First International Congress of Eugenics; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
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| Abstract
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A cousin of Charles Darwin, Francis Galton was an African explorer, the meteorologist who discovered the anticyclone, a pioneer in using fingerprints to identify individuals, a statistician, and the founder of the eugenics movement. This text is a portrait of this Victorian polymath.
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Galton, Francis,1822-1911.
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Galton, Francis,1822-1911.
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Eugenics-- History.
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Geneticists-- England, Biography.
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Genetics-- History.
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Eugenics.
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Geneticists.
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Genetics.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Genetics Genomics.
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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576.5/092B
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QH429.2.G35G53 2001eb
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