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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century Ser. ; v. 2 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Introduction to the Second Edition; Original Half Title; Preface; Contents; Errata; Chapter I: Antecedents; Object of book; Definition of ""Man of Science; Data; Nature and nurture; Race and birth-place; Occupation of parents and position in life; Physical peculiarities of parents; Primogeniture, Fertility; Heredity; Pedigrees, viz :-Alderson; Bentham; Carpenter; Darwin; Dawson Turner; Harcourt; Hill; Latrobe; Playfair; Roscoe; Strachey; Taylors of Ongar; Wedgewood; Statistical results |
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Grandfathers and uncles of scientific menBrothers and male cousins; Family characteristics; Distribution of ability in gifted families; Relative influence of paternal and maternal lines; Chapter II: Qualities; Preliminary; Energy; Viz :-much above average; Below average; Size of head; Health; Of parents; Perseverance; Impulsiveness; Practical business habits; Memory; Viz.-good verbal; Good for facts and figures; For form; Good, but no particulars given; Bad; Independence of character; Ditto of the parents; Small religions sects; Mechanical aptitudes; Religious bias; Definition of religion |
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Religious sentiment weak, accompanied with scepticismIntellectual interest in religious topics; Dogmatic interest; Religious bias; Ditto with intellectual scepticism; Effect of creed on research; Viz.-no deterrent effect; No dread of inquiry; Religion and science have different spheres; Liberality of early teaching; Have early abandoned creeds; Creed has had good effect on research; Has had some deterrent effect; Truthfulness; Chapter III origin of taste for science; Preliminary; Extracts at length, viz : -- physics, ; Mathematics; Chemistry; Geology; Zoology; Botany; Medicine; Statistics |
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MechanicsAnalysis of replies, viz. :-tastes strongly innate; Decidedly not innate; Tastes bearing remotely on science; Innate tastes not very hereditary; Fortunate accidents; Indirect motives or opportunities; Professional duties; Encouragement at home; Influence and encouragement of friends; Ditto of tutors; Scotch and English system of tuition; Travel in distant parts; Unclassed residuum; Summary; Deep movements in national life; Waste of powers; Partial failures; Genius; Chater IV: Education; Preliminary; Merits in education, viz. :-generally praised; Variety of subjects |
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A little science at schoolSimple things well taught; Liberty and leisure; Home teaching and encouragement; Merits and demerits balanced; Demerits in education, viz. :-narrow education; Want of system and bad teaching; Unclassed; Summary; Interpretation of educational needs; Conclusion; Appendix; List of questions sent to scientific men; Index |
| Summary |
This edition first published in 1970. Francis Galton has been honoured as the founder of biostatics and one of the creators of modern psychology. His principal aim was to establish a body of statistical knowledge about mental heredity which would result in a new pattern of behaviour for society. The relationship between outstanding men had led him to conclude that mental traits are inherited, and that an ideal society would take advantage of this "fact". In this particular work, which he termed a "Natural History of the English Men of Science of the present day", he examined at great length the antecedents, environment, education and hereditary features of the most prominent men of science in order to establish certain laws relating to heredity. It is a landmark in the transition from introspective to objective methods in biological and psychological research, and the author's statistical, nonanecdotal approach was to prove immensely fruitful for the development of psychology. Indeed the questionnaire included in the work is probably the earliest in existence. As Professor Cowan points out in her introduction, historians as well as scientists intent upon a deeper understanding of the Victorian mind will find much of interest in this remarkable book |
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Heredity, Human.
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Genius.
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Scientists -- Great Britain
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Science -- Great Britain -- History
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Industrial Revolution.
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Invention.
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Scientific History.
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Scientists.
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19th Century.
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Genius
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Heredity, Human
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Science
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Scientists
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Great Britain
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429667824 |
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0429667825 |
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9780429665103 |
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0429665105 |
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9780429662386 |
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0429662386 |
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9780429020919 |
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0429020910 |
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