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Author : Karl Pearson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book The Ethic of Freethought written by Karl Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard A. Soloway
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469611198
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Demography and Degeneration written by Richard A. Soloway and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Soloway offers a compelling and authoritative study of the relationship of the eugenics movement to the dramatic decline in the birthrate and family size in twentieth-century Britain. Working in a tradition of hereditarian determinism which held fast to the premise that "like tends to beget like," eugenicists developed and promoted a theory of biosocial engineering through selective reproduction. Soloway shows that the appeal of eugenics to the middle and upper classes of British society was closely linked to recurring concerns about the relentless drop in fertility and the rapid spread of birth control practices from the 1870s to World War II. Demography and Degeneration considers how differing scientific and pseudoscientific theories of biological inheritance became popularized and enmeshed in the prolonged, often contentious national debate about "race suicide" and "the dwindling family." Demographic statistics demonstrated that birthrates were declining among the better-educated, most successful classes while they remained high for the poorest, least-educated portion of the population. For many people steeped in the ideas of social Darwinism, eugenicist theories made this decline all the more alarming: they feared that falling birthrates among the "better" classes signfied a racial decline and degeneration that might prevent Britain from successfully negotiating the myriad competive challenges facing the nation in the twentieth century. Although the organized eugenics movement remained small and elitist throughout most of its history, this study demonstrates how pervasive eugenic assumptions were in the middle and upper reaches of British society, at least until World War II. It also traces the important role of eugenics in the emergence of the modern family planning movement and the formulation of population policies in the interwar years.
Author : Theodore M. Porter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400835704
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Karl Pearson written by Theodore M. Porter and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry. His faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new basis for relations between men and women. This biography recounts Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds new light on the inner life of science. Theodore Porter's intensely personal portrait of Pearson extends from religious crisis and sexual tensions to metaphysical and even mathematical anxieties. Pearson sought to reconcile reason with enthusiasm and to achieve the impersonal perspective of science without sacrificing complex individuality. Even as he longed to experience nature directly and intimately, he identified science with renunciation and positivistic detachment. Porter finds a turning point in Pearson's career, where his humanistic interests gave way to statistical ones, in his Grammar of Science (1892), in which he attempted to establish scientific method as the moral educational basis for a refashioned culture. In this original and engaging book, a leading historian of modern science investigates the interior experience of one man's scientific life while placing it in a rich tapestry of social, political, and intellectual movements.
Author : Karl Pearson
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781314512038
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Ethic of Freethought written by Karl Pearson and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Total Pages : 886 pages
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Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521886651
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature written by Gregory Claeys and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a combination of historical and thematic approaches, this volume engages with the fascinating and complex genre of utopian literature.
Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040156169
Total Pages : 2089 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus written by Gregory Claeys and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 2089 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of literary utopias calls for a complete overhaul of existing assumptions about utopian writing in this period. The representation of utopian texts in these volumes shows that William Morris is far from "representative" of basic trends in the genre in this era.
Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000420302
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus, Volume 1 written by Gregory Claeys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of literary utopias calls for a complete overhaul of existing assumptions about utopian writing in this period. The representation of utopian texts in these volumes shows that William Morris is far from "representative" of basic trends in the genre in this era. This is Volume 1 of 6 and looks at selected works from 1875 to 1879.
Author : Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes written by Catherine Gasquoine Hartley and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brooke Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429763271
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Forging Boethius in Medieval Intellectual Fantasies written by Brooke Hunter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forging Boethius in Medieval Intellectual Fantasies reconsiders the influence of the thirteenth-century Pseudo-Boethian forgery De disciplina scolarium on medieval understandings of Boethius (d. 524). Tracing the medieval popularity of De disciplina’s reimagined vision of Boethius alongside the current scholarly neglect of this forged Boethian persona offers insight into how medieval schoolmen saw themselves and the past, and how modern scholars imagine the medieval past. In exploring this alternate Boethian persona through a variety of different works including texts of translatio studii et imperii, common school texts, the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer, and humanist writings, this book reveals a new vein of medieval Boethianism that is earthy, practical, and even humorous. Forging Boethius is an essential reference book for students and researchers in the fields of medieval literature and philosophy, as well as for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of one the most significant authors of the Middle Ages.
Author : A. M. Gibbs
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059496
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Bernard Shaw written by A. M. Gibbs and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2005-11-23 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard Shaw fashioned public images of himself that belied the nature and depth of his emotional experiences and the complexity of his intellectual outlook. In this absorbing biography, noted Shavian authority A. M. Gibbs debunks many of the elements that form the foundation of Shaw's self-created legend--from his childhood (which was not the loveless experience he claimed publicly), to his sexual relationships with several women, to his marriage, his politics, his Irish identity, and his controversial philosophy of Creative Evolution. Drawing on previously unpublished materials, including never-before-seen photographs and early sketches by Shaw, Gibbs offers a fresh perspective and brings us closer than ever before to the human being behind the masks.
Author : Theodore M. Porter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691208425
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 written by Theodore M. Porter and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential work on the origins of statistics The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field's origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore Porter shows that statistics was not developed by mathematicians and then applied to the sciences and social sciences. Rather, the field came into being through the efforts of social scientists, who saw a need for statistical tools in their examination of society. Pioneering statistical physicists and biologists James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Francis Galton introduced statistical models to the sciences by pointing to analogies between their disciplines and the social sciences. A new preface by the author looks at how the book has remained relevant since its initial publication, and considers the current place of statistics in scientific research.
Author : Prakash Gorroochurn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119127939
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Classic Topics on the History of Modern Mathematical Statistics written by Prakash Gorroochurn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is nothing like it on the market...no others are as encyclopedic...the writing is exemplary: simple, direct, and competent." —George W. Cobb, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics, Mount Holyoke College Written in a direct and clear manner, Classic Topics on the History of Modern Mathematical Statistics: From Laplace to More Recent Times presents a comprehensive guide to the history of mathematical statistics and details the major results and crucial developments over a 200-year period. Presented in chronological order, the book features an account of the classical and modern works that are essential to understanding the applications of mathematical statistics. Divided into three parts, the book begins with extensive coverage of the probabilistic works of Laplace, who laid much of the foundations of later developments in statistical theory. Subsequently, the second part introduces 20th century statistical developments including work from Karl Pearson, Student, Fisher, and Neyman. Lastly, the author addresses post-Fisherian developments. Classic Topics on the History of Modern Mathematical Statistics: From Laplace to More Recent Times also features: A detailed account of Galton's discovery of regression and correlation as well as the subsequent development of Karl Pearson's X2 and Student's t A comprehensive treatment of the permeating influence of Fisher in all aspects of modern statistics beginning with his work in 1912 Significant coverage of Neyman–Pearson theory, which includes a discussion of the differences to Fisher’s works Discussions on key historical developments as well as the various disagreements, contrasting information, and alternative theories in the history of modern mathematical statistics in an effort to provide a thorough historical treatment Classic Topics on the History of Modern Mathematical Statistics: From Laplace to More Recent Times is an excellent reference for academicians with a mathematical background who are teaching or studying the history or philosophical controversies of mathematics and statistics. The book is also a useful guide for readers with a general interest in statistical inference.
Author : Antony J. Williams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118977602
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)
Download or read book Critical Educational Psychology written by Antony J. Williams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first textbook of its kind, Critical Educational Psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses critical perspectives to challenge current ways of thinking and improve practice.
Author : Richard H. Williams
Publisher : Bitingduck Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 193248244X
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Twelve British Statisticians written by Richard H. Williams and published by Bitingduck Press LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve British Statisticians provides a description of the lives and contributions of a dozen scientific luminaries. Their fields of expertise sometimes include disciplines that depart from statistics and display great versatility. Each statistician is a famous figure, but is especially renowned in Great Britain. The book is accessible to a wide reading audience. Each chapter focuses on the scientific contributions and personal life of a single statistician. Each chapter begins with an overview and contains a rich set of references. Current textbooks in statistics contain little information about the pioneers in the field. This book provides a historical supplement in courses on quantitative methods in the behavioral, social, and biological disciplines. The statisticians and some of their contributions covered include: 1. Karl Pearson: product-moment correlation. 2. R.A. Fisher: analysis of variance and covariance, experimental design, common sampling distributions. 3. Charles Spearman: factor analysis, theory of intelligence, mental test theory. 4. Florence Nightingale David: advocate of womenOCOs vocational rights in statistics, distinguished educator. 5. George Udny Yule: time series, contingency table analysis. 6. Maurice G. Kendall: generation of and tests for randomness, time series. 7. George E.P. Box: statistical quality control, analysis of time series. 8. William Sealy Gosset (OC StudentOCO): small sample statistical techniques, contributions to Neyman-Pearson theory. 9. Egon Sharpe Pearson: Neyman-Pearson theory, history of statistics. 10. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: polymath mathematical psychics, editor of the Economics Journal . 11. Maurice S. Bartlett: stochastic processes, epidemiology, time series. 12. David Cox: multivariable models including covariates and treatment variables, survival rate. For author bios, photos, and a sample read, visit www.bosonbooks.com"
Author : Sandra Holton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134837879
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Suffrage Days written by Sandra Holton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of the British Suffrage movement from its inception until its victory in 1918. It is based around the experiences of seven women whose participation in the British Suffrage movement is little-known.
Author : Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Unique Catalogue of Advanced Literature written by Benjamin Ricketson Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
