GALTON, Francis.

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Natural Inheritance. First edition of the seminal work of biometrics, describing the statistical methods Galton used to measure biological variation and inheritance. Galton's most technical work, it was a formative influence on his two main disciples, Karl Pearson and Walter F. R. Weldon. Galton coined the term "eugenics" from the "the Greek roots for 'beautiful' and 'heredity'... he believed selective breeding (the cultural equivalent of Darwin's natural selection) to be the only hope for improving the human race" (ODNB).

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