1892 1st Edition
FINGER PRINTS
By Francis Galton
Author Bio: Sir Francis Galton, FRS FRAI (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911), was an English Victorian era polymath: a statistician, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician and a proponent of social Darwinism, eugenics, and scientific racism. He was knighted in 1909. Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also created the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities, which he needed for genealogical and biographical works and for his anthropometric studies. He was a pioneer of eugenics, coining the term itself in 1883, and also coined the phrase "nature versus nurture". His book Hereditary Genius (1869) was the first social scientific attempt to study genius and greatness.
As an investigator of the human mind, he founded psychometrics (the science of measuring mental faculties) and differential psychology, as well as the lexical hypothesis of personality. He devised a method for classifying fingerprints that proved useful in forensic science.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: MacMillan & Co, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Rubbing and bumping to boards, some soiling, text block firm. Previous owner inscription blank page before half-title. Binding firm. Pages clean.
Collation: xvi, 216 pp., illus., 15 plates (1 double col.), as called for in the printed “Description of the Plates.”; 22.3 cm
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
References:
Garrison-Morton 186
Heirs of Hippocrates 1905
Norman 867
PMM 376
Heirs of Hippocrates also cites Cushing G81, Osler 1598, and Waller 19650
SKU: BTETM0002278
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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1892 1st Edition
FINGER PRINTS
By Francis Galton
Author Bio: Sir Francis Galton, FRS FRAI (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911), was an English Victorian era polymath: a statistician, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician and a proponent of social Darwinism, eugenics, and scientific racism. He was knighted in 1909. Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also created the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities, which he needed for genealogical and biographical works and for his anthropometric studies. He was a pioneer of eugenics, coining the term itself in 1883, and also coined the phrase "nature versus nurture". His book Hereditary Genius (1869) was the first social scientific attempt to study genius and greatness.
As an investigator of the human mind, he founded psychometrics (the science of measuring mental faculties) and differential psychology, as well as the lexical hypothesis of personality. He devised a method for classifying fingerprints that proved useful in forensic science.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: MacMillan & Co, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Rubbing and bumping to boards, some soiling, text block firm. Previous owner inscription blank page before half-title. Binding firm. Pages clean.
Collation: xvi, 216 pp., illus., 15 plates (1 double col.), as called for in the printed “Description of the Plates.”; 22.3 cm
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
References:
Garrison-Morton 186
Heirs of Hippocrates 1905
Norman 867
PMM 376
Heirs of Hippocrates also cites Cushing G81, Osler 1598, and Waller 19650
SKU: BTETM0002278
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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