The Boston Globe, February 29th, 2004
Nearly all of us want to know why we are the way that we are; most of us want to know why those closest to us are the way that they are. Traditionally, the particulars of each life course were attributed to fate, and the most compelling lives were portrayed in the Bible and in great literature, from Homer to Shakespeare. In modern times, we look to science for clues to human achievement and destiny. The British polymath Francis Galton was the first scholar to attempt a scientific explanation for achievement. Toting up the accomplishments of those "eminent men of science" whom he knew best whic...
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