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Weather Influences

Read by Leon Harvey


Edwin Grant Dexter


An empirical study of the mental and physiological effects of definite meteorological conditions. The seasonal and daily climatic changes th…

Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…

The Northward Course of Empire

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson


The Northward Course of Empire was written to promote the idea of a new wave of civil expansion into the Arctic Circle, a region generally c…

Rural Improvement

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Frank Albert Waugh


The principles of civic art applied to rural conditions including village improvement and the betterment of the open country. Big issues are…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…

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James Frazer


The fifth volume and the first of two in the fourth part of Frazer's seminal work on the evolution of belief deals with the semi mythologica…

THE GOLDEN BOUGH. A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION. Part 5. Spirits Of The Corn An…

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James Frazer


The eighth volume in The Golden Bough collection, and second volume of The Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. The investigations into the …

Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand G…

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Lewis Terman


It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…

Malaria in Greek History

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This book is an attempt to correct and develop the theory proposed tentatively in the little work Malaria. Put briefly, this theory is as fo…

The Man of Genius

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Cesare Lombroso


Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…

Intelligence Tests and School Reorganisation

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Lewis Terman


A collection of essays relating to the efforts to reorganise American schools to provide a more efficient and effective education system. Al…

The Measurement of Intelligence

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Lewis Terman


An explanation of and a completed guide for the use of the Stanford revision and the Simon Binford intelligence test - Summary by the solois…

English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture

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Sir Francis Galton


The results of a survey undertaken by Galton to learn more about individual differences and similarities between the "pre-eminent"…

The Beggars of Paris

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Louis Paulian


Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…

World-Power and Evolution

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Ellsworth Huntington


Every important aspect of human knowledge must be considered in its relation to both space and time. In "Civilization and Climate"…

Editor's Introduction and Preface

In The Intelligence of School Children

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Lewis Terman


This book has been written for the rank and file of teachers, school supervisors, and normal-school students. Its purpose is to illustrate t…

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