galton's theory of inheritance
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galton's law of inheritance — or galton s theory of inheritance Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after Sir Francis Galton, its formulator : a theory in genetics: the parents of an individual together contribute on an average 50 percent of the total inherited characters … Useful english dictionary
Galton, Sir Francis — born Feb. 16, 1822, near Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Eng. died Jan. 17, 1911, Grayshott House, Haslemere, Surrey British explorer, anthropologist, and eugenicist. Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, studied medicine at Cambridge… … Universalium
Galton , Sir Francis — (1822–1911) British anthropologist and explorer Even though Galton s exceptional intelligence was apparent at an early age, his higher education was unremarkable. Born in the English Midlands city of Birmingham, he studied mathematics at… … Scientists
Francis Galton — Infobox Scientist name = Francis Galton caption = Francis Galton birth date = birth date|1822|2|16|df=y birth place = Birmingham, England death date = Death date and age|1911|1|17|1822|2|16|df=y death place = Haslemere, Surrey, England residence … Wikipedia
Evolutionary theory and the political left — have had a sometimes wary relationship with one another. Some on the political left, especially Marxists and communists, have been critical of aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection (Darwinism). Some of this opposition appears… … Wikipedia
Eugenics — is the self direction of human evolution : Logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference, 1921, depicting Eugenics as a tree which unites a variety of different fields.[1] Eugenics is the applied science or the bio social movement which… … Wikipedia
Lamarckism — (or Lamarckian inheritance) is the idea that an organism can pass on characteristics that it acquired during its lifetime to its offspring (also known as heritability of acquired characteristics or soft inheritance). It is named after the French… … Wikipedia
Raymond Cattell — Infobox Person name = Raymond Cattell image size = 150px caption = Raymond Cattell birth name = birth date = 20 March, 1905 birth place = death date = 2 February, 1998 death place = death cause = resting place = resting place coordinates =… … Wikipedia
Steve Fuller (social epistemologist) — Steve William Fuller (born July 12 1959 in New York City) is an Anglo American philosopher sociologist in the field of science and technology studies. BiographyFuller was admitted as a John Jay Scholar to Columbia University in 1976, from where… … Wikipedia
Johannsen , Wilhelm Ludwig — (1857–1927) Danish botanist and geneticist Johannsen was born in the Danish capital Copenhagen. On leaving school in 1872 he became apprenticed to a pharmacist as his father could not afford university fees. From his work in Danish and German… … Scientists
