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Francis Galton

    16 febbraio 1822 – 17 gennaio 1911

    Sir Francis Galton fu un polimatematico vittoriano pioniere il cui lavoro spaziava dall'antropologia alla meteorologia, passando per la statistica. Rivoluzionò lo studio delle differenze umane e dell'intelligenza applicando metodi statistici, introducendo concetti fondamentali come la correlazione e la regressione verso la media. Galton coniò anche i termini 'eugenetica' e 'natura contro cultura' ('nature versus nurture'), influenzando profondamente le discussioni sull'ereditarietà e sul potenziale umano. La sua innovativa ricerca si estese alla psicometria, la scienza della misurazione mentale, e persino alla scienza forense con il suo sistema di classificazione delle impronte digitali.

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