Life of sir francis galton, a: from african exploration to the birth of eugenics
Auteur :
Gillham, Nicholas Wright
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195143652
Date de publication :
3 janv. 2002
Dimensions :
24,3 x 16,4 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
771 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.