The Art of Travel: Or Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries (Classic Reprint)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Francis Galton

Crafts & Hobbies

Forgotten Books

The first quantitative analysis of human mental ability. Galton introduced the notion that mental ability was normally distributed in much the same ways as are physical traits. His strong nativistic perspective served as the point of origin for the nature/nurture debate in its modern form.

Hereditary Genius (Classics in Psychology)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Excerpt from The Art of Travel: Or Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild CountriesA First Edition was published about a year since, and the present one will be found by the reader to be carefully revised, fuller of information, and more copiously illustrated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Memories of My Life

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Francis Galton's Art of travel (1872): A reprint of The art of travel; or, Shifts and contrivances available in wild countries

Travel

Stackpole Books

Hereditary Genius

J Friedmann

Excerpt from Fingerprint: Directories MY Dm Sm william - I do myself the pleasure Of dedicating this book to you, in recognition of your initiative in employing fingerprints as Official signatures, nearly forty years ago, and in grateful remembrance of the invaluable help you freely gave me when I began to study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Fingerprint: Directories (Classic Reprint)

As the author later said, this book's title should have been "Hereditary Ability."  This pioneering work in the study of hereditary and human ability laid the groundwork for the science of eugenics, inheritance and intelligence studies.   Galton's methodology consisted of making a list of eminent people and their extended relations to determine how many prominent relatives they had.  If genius was hereditary, Galton reasoned, there should be more eminent people among the relatives than among the general population.  He also proposed a number of methods to separate the effects of heredity and environment, which included adoption studies and trans-racial adoption studies.  The conclusion to which all the data propelled Galton was that intelligence was clearly hereditary. A groundbreaking work, now despised, but as valid as the day it was written.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

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Essays in Eugenics

Galton was instrumental in the formulation of 'eugenics', which seeks to improve the human stock and prevent the degeneration of genetic potential. He introduced the very word "eugenics" and the phrase "nature versus nature." This book consists of a number of lectures delivered by the author during the early part of the twentieth century dealing with the following topics: 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; and Local Associations for Promoting Eugenics.

Finger Prints

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