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A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics. First Printing
[Buy it!] | Gillham, Nicholas Wright | USD 38.99
(Fri May 24 10:38:36 2024) | AbebooksUK | Libris Books | ISBN10: 0195143655, ISBN13: 9780195143652, [publisher: New York. Oxford University Press Inc.] Hardcover First Edition New York. Oxford University Press Inc. 2001. First Edition/First Printing (1 included in full number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo. 6.5 x 9.3. ([16.5cm x 23.5cm] approx. 357 pp and copious notes. Quarter bound black cloth over sunshine yellow boards with silver titles to the spine. Tiny push to the spine head. No other wear. Maps, diagrams, sketches and photographs in the text. Few scientists have made lasting contributions to as many fields as Francis Galton. He was an important African explorer, travel writer, and geographer. He was the meteorologist who discovered the anticyclone, a pioneer in using fingerprints to identify individuals, the inventor of regression and correlation analysis in statistics, and the founder of the eugenics movement. Now, Nicholas Gillham paints an engaging portrait of this Victorian polymath. The dust jacket will be protected with an inert acetate protective sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.
[Bristol, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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