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Galton

Francis Galton, a 19th-century British scientist and cousin of Charles Darwin. He coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” and founded eugenics.

This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, John Brockman (editor)

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• This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, John Brockman (editor)
• The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups, William J. Bernstein

  Francis Galton (1822–1911), an English scientist and a cousin of Charles Darwin. He worked on statistics and heredity.

• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, Peter L. Bernstein

  Francis Galton (1822–1911), an English scientist and explorer, a cousin of Charles Darwin. He discovered regression to the mean.

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