Essays in Eugenics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410216984)

CONTENTS: The Possible Improvement of the Human Breed under Existing Conditions of Law and Sentiment Eugenics, its Definition, Scope, and Aims Restrictions in Marriage Studies in National Eugenics Eugenics as a Factor in Religion Probability, the Foundation of Eugenics Local Associations for Promoting Eugenics Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) was a Victorian polymath: geographer, meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential psychology, inventor of fingerprint identification, pioneer of statistical correlation and regression, convinced hereditarian, eugenicist, proto-geneticist, half-cousin of Charles Darwin and best-selling author.

Author: Francis Galton
ISBN-10: 1410216985
ISBN-13: 9781410216984
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2004
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d