Extreme Measures
The Dark Visions and Bright Ideas of Francis Galton
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Word Count
74,500 words, Guess
Page Count
298 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8786428M
- ISBN-139781582344812
- ISBN-101582344817
- OCLC Control Number54906675
- OCLC Control Numberextrememeasures00mart
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004007286
- Goodreads217809
- LibraryThing690024
Classifications
- LCCQH429.2.G35 B76 2004
Description
"His measuring mind left its mark all over the scientific landscape. Explorer, inventor, meteorologist, psychologist, anthropologist, and statistician, Galton was one of the great Victorian polymaths." "But it was in the fledgling field of genetics that he made his most indelible impression. Galton kick-started the enduring nature/nurture debate, and took hereditary determinism to its darkest extreme. Consumed by his eugenic vision, he dreamed of a future society built on a race of pure-breeding supermen." "Plagued by illness and poor mental health, Galton often let his obsessions run away with him. He turned tea-making into a theoretical science, counted the brushstrokes on his portrait, and created a beauty map of the British Isles, ranking its cities on the basis of their feminine allure." "Through the story of Galton's colourful life Martin Brookes examines his scientific legacy and takes us on a journey to the origins of modern human genetics."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
On 14 July 1791 tensions were running high in the city of Birmingham.
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