10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRANIOMETRIST»
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craniometrist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
craniometrist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Straightening the Bell Curve: How Stereotypes about Black ...
When Professor Gould of Harvard undertook to remeasure Morton's work in 1977
, he found that the nineteenth-century craniometrist's conclusions represented a “
patchwork of fudging and finagling in the clear interest of controlling a priori ...
Constance B. Hilliard, 2012
2
The Music of Michael Nyman: Texts, Contexts and Intertexts
When one craniometrist asks for the measurements of his hat, to prove that 'the
length and width of [the] skull decides whether [a person's] good or bad, sane or
mad, clever or dull, white or black, master or slave' an assistant counters, quoting
...
3
The Canadian Journal of Science, Literature and History
It is more important for us to note that he retained full faith in the tables embracing
all that the craniometrist aims at. Lest, however, the remark quoted from a private
note, that " they show every possible measurement of the human cranium," and ...
4
The Physical Basis of Mental Life: A Popular Essay
This dictum of an eminent physiologist and craniometrist has, I confess, much
surprised me. If we could assume that such a thing as philosophy could have
been possible in the age and land to which the possessor of the Engisthal skull ...
5
Canadian journal of science, literature and history
But so many difficulties beset the craniometrist, in the uncertainty as to
determinate points, of uniform occurrence, from which to start in the various
measurements; and deviations from any assumed normal arrangement in the
direction and ...
6
Human Prehistory in Fiction
To a craniometrist, the small Waggdian skull, despite its modern external features
, meant that this hominid had a level of intelligence below that of modern
European man. This would have an important bearing on Verne's anthropology.
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Bones and Ochre: The Curious Afterlife of the Red Lady of ...
Furthermore, unfortunately for Sollas, who was a craniometrist with the aim of
finding adequate standards for making measurements comparable, and who
developed a new machine for obtaining sagittal sections, the skull was missing.
8
Race and Human Evolution
... Paul Broca (1824-1880), a physician, anatomist, and craniometrist, was an
ardent polygenist. Broca is probably most famous for his work on the brain—even
the freshest student in the biological sciences has heard of Broca's area, one of
the ...
9
Israel, the Jews and the Millennium
There was also another scholar, a medical doctor, Maurice Fishberg, who was a
Craniometrist. His findings also were that the majority of Jews today are not Jews
by descent. The Abrahamic Covenant always was to only benefit his ...
Irene Bonney Faulkes, 2011
10
White Without Soap: Philanthropy, Caste and Exclusion in ...
The consuls expressed some astonishment that their fertility could still be at issue
.66 Notwithstanding, in 1880 the French craniometrist, photographer and
ethnologist Cauvin commented yet again on 'l'etrange assertion' of Count
Strzelecki ...
Marguerita Stephens, 2010
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRANIOMETRIST»
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craniometrist is used in the context of the following news items.
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge review – a witty fantasy about …
As a doctor and keen craniometrist tells her (with regard to the inferior size of the female skull and, ergo, intelligence), “too much intellect would ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Reflections in Honor of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Stephen Jay …
The work of Paul Broca, perhaps the most renowned craniometrist, and his followers illustrates well the reliance on ad hoc explanations to ... «Monthly Review, Feb 06»
