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Sir Francis Galton, FRS : the legacy of his ideas

W. Milo Keynes

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Notes on the Contributors - Introductory Note - Sir Francis Galton: a Man with a Universal Scientific Curiosity M.Keynes - The Historical Galton W.F.Bynum - Francis Galton: Travel and Geography D.Middleton - Meterographica and Weather Sir C.Tickell - Intelligence and Hereditary Genius H.J.Eysenck - The Galton Lecture for 1991: Francis Galton: Numeracy and Innumeracy in Genetics J.H.Edwards - Galton, Karl Pearson and Modern Statistical Theory A.W.F.Edwards - Appendix: Heredity and Environment L.Darwin - Galton on Human Growth and Form J.M.Tanner - Galton and the Use of Twin Studies C.G.N.Mascie-Taylor - Galton and the Study of Fingerprints G.Hauser - Galton and Evolutionary Theory J.Maynard Smith - Galton's Conception of Race in Historical Perspective M.Banton - Galton, the Educationist W.H.G.Armytage - The Galton Laboratory, University College London J.S.Jones - Three Chapters from Sir Francis Galton's Inquiries into Human Faculty - Sir Francis Galton, FRS: Bibliography - List of Presidents of Eugenics Education Society 1908-1926, Eugenics Society 1926-1989, Galton Institute 1989- - Index

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Notes on the Contributors - Introductory Note - Sir Francis Galton: a Man with a Universal Scientific Curiosity M.Keynes - The Historical Galton W.F.Bynum - Francis Galton: Travel and Geography D.Middleton - Meterographica and Weather Sir C.Tickell - Intelligence and Hereditary Genius H.J.Eysenck - The Galton Lecture for 1991: Francis Galton: Numeracy and Innumeracy in Genetics J.H.Edwards - Galton, Karl Pearson and Modern Statistical Theory A.W.F.Edwards - Appendix: Heredity and Environment L.Darwin - Galton on Human Growth and Form J.M.Tanner - Galton and the Use of Twin Studies C.G.N.Mascie-Taylor - Galton and the Study of Fingerprints G.Hauser - Galton and Evolutionary Theory J.Maynard Smith - Galton's Conception of Race in Historical Perspective M.Banton - Galton, the Educationist W.H.G.Armytage - The Galton Laboratory, University College London J.S.Jones - Three Chapters from Sir Francis Galton's Inquiries into Human Faculty - Sir Francis Galton, FRS: Bibliography - List of Presidents of Eugenics Education Society 1908-1926, Eugenics Society 1926-1989, Galton Institute 1989- - Index

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Notes on the Contributors - Introductory Note - Sir Francis Galton: a Man with a Universal Scientific Curiosity M.Keynes - The Historical Galton W.F.Bynum - Francis Galton: Travel and Geography D.Middleton - Meterographica and Weather Sir C.Tickell - Intelligence and Hereditary Genius H.J.Eysenck - The Galton Lecture for 1991: Francis Galton: Numeracy and Innumeracy in Genetics J.H.Edwards - Galton, Karl Pearson and Modern Statistical Theory A.W.F.Edwards - Appendix: Heredity and Environment L.Darwin - Galton on Human Growth and Form J.M.Tanner - Galton and the Use of Twin Studies C.G.N.Mascie-Taylor - Galton and the Study of Fingerprints G.Hauser - Galton and Evolutionary Theory J.Maynard Smith - Galton's Conception of Race in Historical Perspective M.Banton - Galton, the Educationist W.H.G.Armytage - The Galton Laboratory, University College London J.S.Jones - Three Chapters from Sir Francis Galton's Inquiries into Human Faculty - Sir Francis Galton, FRS: Bibliography - List of Presidents of Eugenics Education Society 1908-1926, Eugenics Society 1926-1989, Galton Institute 1989- - Index

Key concepts: Galton's problem, Eugenics, Heredity, Mathematics, Biology, Genetics, Statistics

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