Project Gutenberg 2005-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 74 Galton, Francis 1822 1911 Galton, Francis, Sir Schuster, Edgar 06019061 Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded Reading ease score: 56.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Laura Wisewell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) "Noteworthy Families (Modern Science)" by Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster is a scientific publication likely written in the early 20th century. This work investigates kinship among distinguished individuals, particularly focusing on the families of noteworthy persons recognized for their contributions to science and society. It serves as a detailed index aimed at highlighting familial connections that have led to significant achievements, shedding light on the role of heredity in success. The opening of the publication introduces its purpose, which is to systematically document and index families that have produced several notable individuals. Galton explains the methodology used to gather data, primarily through responses from Fellows of the Royal Society, and notes the challenges encountered in acquiring complete information. The authors emphasize the importance of kinship in producing noteworthy individuals and discuss various aspects of noteworthiness as a measure of ability. The text suggests a statistical approach to understanding how familial backgrounds contribute to the emergence and recognition of individuals with exceptional accomplishments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Eugenics HQ Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Sociology 333491 333318 2024-10-07T13:57:49.041899 2023-09-08T04:40:24.052683 text/html text/html 349349 2020-12-13T06:58:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 92607 2020-12-13T06:58:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 192385 2024-10-07T13:58:01.410806 application/epub+zip 190658 2024-10-07T13:57:53.419979 application/epub+zip 161703 2024-10-07T13:57:51.690852 application/epub+zip 463304 2024-10-07T13:58:06.331748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414060 2024-10-07T13:58:00.227823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236703 2022-09-08T09:23:59.137262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216038 215918 2024-10-07T13:57:46.844988 2023-09-08T04:40:22.274644 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 215837 2020-12-13T06:58:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 77615 2020-12-13T06:58:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 215887 2020-12-13T06:58:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77587 2020-12-13T06:58:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21786 2024-10-07T13:58:06.490797 application/rdf+xml 20039 2024-10-07T13:57:52.336837 image/jpeg 4686 2024-10-07T13:57:52.017869 image/jpeg 190107 2024-10-07T13:57:49.063865 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia