Francis Galton
Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry
If not for the work of his half cousin Francis Galton, Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory might have met a somewhat different fate. In particular, with no direct evidence of natural selection and no convincing theory of heredity to explain it, Darwin needed a mathematical explanation of variability and heredity. Galton's work in biometry-the application of statistical methods to the biological sciences-laid the foundations for precisely that. This book offers readers a compelling portrait of Galton as the &quote;father of biometry,&quote; tracing the development of his ideas and his accomplishments, and placing them in their scienti…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8018-8140-4
- EAN: 9780801881404
- Produktnummer: 35555345
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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