Memories of My Life
Francis Galton · 1908
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Francis Galton published Memories of My Life in 1908, summing up one of the most varied careers in Victorian science. Galton was Darwin's cousin, and his interests seemed endless. Travel, weather, heredity, and measurement all drew his restless mind.
He recalls exploring in southwest Africa, mapping weather patterns, and inventing the fingerprint method for identification. His work on heredity and human ability, which he named eugenics, fills later chapters and now draws sharp criticism. Galton writes with dry humor about his many failures and fixes. The memoir shows the making of modern statistics, for better and for worse.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Francis Galton |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1908 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 690 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |