{"product_id":"francis-galton-9780801874031","title":"Francis Galton","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA graceful writer and an expert biometrician, Bulmer details the eventual triumph of biometrical methods in the history of quantitative genetics based on Mendelian principles, which underpins our understanding of evolution today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters on Galton's early scientific career... are followed by meatier chapters on statistical theory of heredity, the law of ancestral heredity, discontinuity in evolution, and biometry. For historians of science the book provides a clear roadmap to what Galton did, or said he did, and what he thought, or what he believed he thought. -- Hamilton Cravens Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Michael Bulmer's book is only partially about Galton the man. It begins with a biographical chapter but most of the book describes and evaluates Galton's quantitative work... Bulmer guides us skillfully through a great deal of the beginnings of our science. We are where we are because of the labors of people like Francis Galton. Science is not the same thing as progress but Galton's story is relevant to understanding something about the way in which science is related to progress. -- R.J. Berry Human Genetics 2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. A Victorian Life\u003cbr\u003eFamily Background and Education\u003cbr\u003eTravels\u003cbr\u003eEastern Europe, 1840\u003cbr\u003eThe Near East, 1845–46\u003cbr\u003eSouth West Africa, 1850–52\u003cbr\u003eVacation Tours\u003cbr\u003eScientific Career\u003cbr\u003eThe Royal Geographical Society\u003cbr\u003eExploration in Central Africa\u003cbr\u003eThe British Association\u003cbr\u003eInventions\u003cbr\u003eMeteorology\u003cbr\u003eHeredity and Evolution\u003cbr\u003ePsychology\u003cbr\u003ePhotography\u003cbr\u003eFingerprints\u003cbr\u003eCharacterization\u003cbr\u003e2. Hereditary Ability\u003cbr\u003e\"Hereditary Talent and Character\" (1865)\u003cbr\u003eHereditary Genius (1869)\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Judges\u003cbr\u003eComparison of Results for All Professions\u003cbr\u003eTransmission through Male and Female Lines\u003cbr\u003eThe Reception of Hereditary Genius\u003cbr\u003eNature and Nurture\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture (1874)\u003cbr\u003e\"The History of Twins\" (1875)\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Hereditarianism\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Number of Kinsfolk\u003cbr\u003e3. Eugenics\u003cbr\u003eGaltonian Eugenics\u003cbr\u003eLater History of Eugenics\u003cbr\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eAmerica\u003cbr\u003eGermany\u003cbr\u003eThe Rationale of Eugenics\u003cbr\u003e4. The Mechanism of Heredity\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Knowledge of Heredity in 1865\u003cbr\u003eBiparental Inheritance\u003cbr\u003eThe Non-Inheritance of Acquired Characters\u003cbr\u003eThe Law of Reversion\u003cbr\u003eDarwin's Provisional Hypothesis of Pangenesis\u003cbr\u003eReversion\u003cbr\u003eThe Inheritance of Acquired Characters\u003cbr\u003eXenia and Telegony\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Reaction to Pangenesis\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Political Metaphor of Pangenesis\u003cbr\u003eAn Experimental Test of Pangenesis\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Theory of Heredity in the 1870s\u003cbr\u003eSimilarities Between Relatives\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Ideas on Heredity in 1889\u003cbr\u003eDiscussion\u003cbr\u003eWeismann and the Continuity of the Germ-Plasm\u003cbr\u003eDe Vries's Theory of Intracellular Pangenesis\u003cbr\u003eSegregation\u003cbr\u003eBlending Inheritance\u003cbr\u003eFleeming Jenkin and the Problem of Swamping\u003cbr\u003e5. Four Evolutionary Problems\u003cbr\u003eThe Domestication of Animals\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of Gregariousness\u003cbr\u003eThe Fertility of Heiresses\u003cbr\u003eThe Extinction of Surnames\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of Sex\u003cbr\u003e\"A Theory of Heredity\" (1875)\u003cbr\u003eThree Unpublished Essays\u003cbr\u003e6. The Charms of Statistics\u003cbr\u003eQuetelet and the Average Man\u003cbr\u003eGalton and the Normal Distribution\u003cbr\u003eHereditary Genius (1869)\u003cbr\u003eNatural Inheritance (1889)\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of the Normal Distribution to Galton\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Quincunx\u003cbr\u003eRegression and the Bivariate Normal Distribution\u003cbr\u003eCorrelation\u003cbr\u003eTwo Concepts of Probability\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Statistics\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Regression Theory\u003cbr\u003e7. Statistical Theory of Heredity\u003cbr\u003eA Theory Based on Pangenesis\u003cbr\u003e\"Typical Laws of Heredity\" (1877)\u003cbr\u003eAn Experiment with Sweet Peas\u003cbr\u003eSolution of the Problem\u003cbr\u003eJohannsen's Experiments with Beans\u003cbr\u003eThe Inheritance of Human Height\u003cbr\u003eThe Advantages of Height\u003cbr\u003eThe Regression of Offspring on Mid-Parent\u003cbr\u003eKinship\u003cbr\u003eFraternal Regression\u003cbr\u003eVariability in Fraternities and Co-Fraternities\u003cbr\u003e8. The Law of Ancestral Heredity\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Formulation of the Ancestral Law\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Derivation of the Law in 1885\u003cbr\u003eDerivation of the Law in 1897\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Law as It Should Have Been\u003cbr\u003eKarl Pearson's Interpretation of the Ancestral Law\u003cbr\u003eThe Ancestral Law and Mendelism\u003cbr\u003eWeldon and Mendelism\u003cbr\u003ePearson and Mendelism\u003cbr\u003eYule's Reconciliation of the Law with Mendelism\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: The Regression on Mid-Ancestral Values\u003cbr\u003e9. Discontinuity in Evolution\u003cbr\u003eGalton's Theory of Discontinuous Evolution\u003cbr\u003eStability of Type\u003cbr\u003ePerpetual Regression\u003cbr\u003eSelection Experiments\u003cbr\u003eThe Fallacy of Perpetual Regression\u003cbr\u003e\"Discontinuity in Evolution\" (1894)\u003cbr\u003eSpeciation and Saltation\u003cbr\u003eDe Vries and The Mutation Theory\u003cbr\u003ePunctuated Equilibria\u003cbr\u003e10. Biometry\u003cbr\u003eThe Demonstration of Natural Selection\u003cbr\u003eThe Career of W. F. R. Weldon\u003cbr\u003eThe Common Shrimp\u003cbr\u003eThe Shore Crab\u003cbr\u003eStabilizing Selection in Snails\u003cbr\u003eBumpus's Sparrows\u003cbr\u003eMultivariate Selection\u003cbr\u003eQuantitative Genetics\u003cbr\u003eThe Multiple Factor Hypothesis\u003cbr\u003eThe Hardy-Weinberg Law\u003cbr\u003eMendelian Theory of Quantitative Genetics\u003cbr\u003eThe Response to Selection\u003cbr\u003eCoda\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Multivariate Selection Theory\u003cbr\u003eSelection Differentials and Selection Gradients\u003cbr\u003eThe Response to Selection\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527618601303,"sku":"9780801874031","price":44.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801874031.jpg?v=1731868568","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/francis-galton-9780801874031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}