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anization to climate to the phases of the moon. He proposed a close association between genius and degeneracy and argued that both are hereditary. Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, took a much more rigorous approach to the topic. In his 1869 book, Hereditary Genius, Galton used careful documentatio
have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia." This pattern is a recurring theme in Shakespeare's plays, such as when Theseus, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, observes, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet / Are of imagination EFTA00669749 al
ons to that pool will reduce population fitness because they are genetically predisposed to sickness and disability. Concern about the latter led Francis Galton and many of his American and European contemporaries to embrace social Darwinism and to champion efforts to keep the diminished and infirm from r
lished articles on topics ranging from treatment for back pain to computational mathematics, and from social determinants of health to the size of Shakespeare's vocabulary. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. The qu
butions to that pool will reduce population fitness because they are genetically predisposed to sickness and disability. Concern about the latter led Francis Galton and many of his American and European contemporaries to embrace social Darwinism and to champion efforts to keep the diminished and infirm from repro
published articles on topics ranging from treatment for back pain to computational mathematics, and from social determinants of health to the size of Shakespeare’s vocabulary. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. The quest
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