Hereditary Genius: an Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences

By Francis Galton

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Excerpt from Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Its Laws and Consequences In the second stage of his work, Mr. Galton enters upon a pains-taking and exhaustive research of the histo rical data by which his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1014366445
• ISBN13: 9781014366443
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Legare Street Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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The first quantitative analysis of human mental ability. Galton introduced the notion that mental ability was normally distributed in much the same ways as are physical traits. His strong nativistic perspective served as the point of origin for the nature/nurture debate in its modern form.