Memories Of My Life

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Memories Of My Life is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between September 02, 2022 and May 15, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “Memories Of My Life , reviewed by Adam Mastroianni”; “a great review of Memories Of My Life , the autobiography of Francis Galton”. It most often appears alongside Adam Mastroianni, Francis Galton, 1587.

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  • Category: Books
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: September 02, 2022
  • Last seen: May 15, 2023

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September 02, 2022 · Original source
Memories Of My Life, reviewed by Adam Mastroianni. Adam is a psychologist and blogs at Experimental History.
More comments: I really enjoyed Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom and From Paralysis To Fatigue, but I couldn’t justify having two books on Chinese history or chronic fatigue in the finalists, so I had to demote them to Honorable Mentions. Memories Of My Life is Francis Galton’s autobiography; read it if you want to learn about things like how:
May 15, 2023 · Original source
Adam Mastroianni has a great review of Memories Of My Life, the autobiography of Francis Galton. Mastroianni centers his piece around the question: how could a brilliant scientist like Galton be so devoted to an evil idea like eugenics?