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A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics
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A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics Hardback - 2001

by Nicholas Wright Gillham

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This vivid biography of the father of eugenics is also a superb portrait of science in the Victorian era. 10 halftones & 26 line illustrations.

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Hardback. New. 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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  • Title A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics
  • Author Nicholas Wright Gillham
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-11-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780195143652
  • ISBN 9780195143652 / 0195143655
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 6.45 x 1.4 in (24.31 x 16.38 x 3.56 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Genetics - History, Galton, Francis
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001021612
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2001, Page 289
  • Books & Culture, 05/01/2002, Page 42
  • New York Times, 02/10/2002, Page 16
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/15/2001, Page 55

About the author

Nicholas Gillham is James B. Duke Professor of Biology Emeritus at Duke University.