Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle's 1872 book History of the Sciences and Scientists over Two Centuries was important for all the following reasons EXCEPT
A) it showed the importance of environmental factors such as climate, government, and religious institutions in producing eminent scientists.
B) it stimulated Galton to do the research for English Men of Science.
C) it fully supported the strongly hereditarian position of Hereditary Genius.
D) its criticism of many popular uses of the word nature inspired Galton to propose the phrase nature and nurture.
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Q3: Which of the following was included among
Q4: Unlike Wundt and Fechner,who focused on establishing
Q5: Francis Galton and Alphonse de Candolle both
Q6: A flaw in Galton's tests of intelligence
Q7: Francis Galton's formal academic training was primarily
Q9: According to Galton's data in Hereditary Genius,which
Q10: Which of the following books first made
Q11: The fact that physical variables such as
Q12: The idea that the human race may
Q13: Galton's personal conviction that differences in intellectual
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