Francis Galton Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry |
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Author:
| Bulmer, Michael |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7403-1 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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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 ......
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 ......