English men of science: their nature and nurture vs Mendel's principles of heredity: Which Should You Read?

Cover of English men of science: their nature and nurture English men of science: their nature and nurture Sir Francis Galton · 1874 ★★★★☆ 3.9 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging

This edition first published in 1970. Francis Galton has been honoured as the founder of biostatics and one of the creators of modern psychology. His principal aim was to establish a body of statistical knowledge about…

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Cover of Mendel's principles of heredity Mendel's principles of heredity William Bateson · 1902 446 pages · ≈ 8 h 16 m · Challenging

Bateson named the science "genetics" in 1905-1906. This is the first textbook in English on the subject of genetics.

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English men of science: their nature and nurtureMendel's principles of heredity
Ratings 3 —
Editions 23 42
Citations — 89
Pages 270 446

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