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The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences
A student of Trinity College and a member of the Cambridge Apostles, William Kingdon Clifford (1845–79) graduated as second wrangler in the mathematical tripos, became a professor …
A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials
A distinguished mathematician and notable university teacher, Isaac Todhunter (1820–84) became known for the successful textbooks he produced as well as for a work ethic that was …
The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton
A controversial figure, Sir Francis Galton (1822–1911), biostatistician, human geneticist, eugenicist, and first cousin of Charles Darwin, is famed as the father of eugenics. …
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon 1860–1906
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (1860–1906) was a British evolutionary biologist and a founder of biometry, together with the highly influential journal Biometrika. Originally …
The grammar of science
First published in 1892, this important work by the mathematician Karl Pearson (1857–1936) presents a thoroughly positivist account of the nature of science. Pearson claims that …