English Men of Science - Their Nature and Nurture

This edition first published in 1970. In this work, Francis Galton examined the antecedents, environment, education and hereditary features of the most prominent men of science. Historians as well as scientists intent upon a deeper understanding of the Victorian mind will find much of interest in this remarkable book.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Second Editions Ruth Schwartz Cowan; Preface; 1. Antecedents 2. Qualities 3. Origin of Taste for Science 4. Education; Appendix

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Francis Galton

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Francis Galton, Galton Francis
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780367074609
• ISBN: 978-0-367-07460-9
• Seiten: 296
• Serien: Routledge Library Editions: Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century; Routledge Library Editions: Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Science, History and Archaeology, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity