Abstract
IT would be difficult to overrate the exact and scientific spirit in which Mr. Galton proceeds with his investigation into the origin of genius and the antecedents of successful promoters of science.
English Men of Science; their Nature and Nurture.
By Francis Galton, author of “Hereditary Genius,” &c. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1874.)
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JEVONS, W. English Men of Science; their Nature and Nurture . Nature 11, 161–164 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/011161a0
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