Extreme measures : the dark visions and bright ideas of Francis Galton
Brookes, Martin, 1967-2004
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'Count wherever you can' was the motto of Sir Francis Galton's extraordinary life. 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.
Main title:
Extreme measures : the dark visions and bright ideas of Francis Galton / Martin Brookes.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2004.
Collation:
xviii, 298 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780747566663 (hbk)
Dewey class:
576.5092A576.5092GAL
Language:
English
BRN:
46373