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Season of birth; its relation to human abilities

Title
  1. Season of birth; its relation to human abilities [by] Ellsworth Huntington ...
Published by
  1. New York, J. Wiley & Sons Inc.; London, Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1938.
Author
  1. Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947.

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Description
  1. vii, 473 pages illustrations
Subject
  1. Reproduction > Statistics
  2. Population > Statistics
  3. Weather > Psychological aspects
  4. Weather > Physiological effect
  5. Seasons
  6. Ability
  7. Population
  8. Statistics
  9. Weather
  10. Human beings > Effect of climate on
  11. Population
  12. Reproduction
  13. Statistics as Topic
  14. Weather
  15. Seasons
  16. Aptitude
  17. population
  18. weather
  19. demographics
  20. statistics
  21. Statistics
  22. Human beings > Effect of climate on
  23. Ability
  24. Weather > Physiological effect
  25. Weather > Psychological aspects
  26. Reproduction > Statistics
  27. Population > Statistics
Genre/Form
  1. Statistics
  2. Statistics.
  3. Statistiques.
Contents
  1. 1. Season of birth -- 2. The basic animal rhythm: Belgium -- 3. Fasts, feasts, and human fallibility: Russia -- 4. Climatic extremes and migration: Japan and Massachusetts -- 5. Secular changes in seasons of birth -- 6. American variation in season of birth -- 7. Other geographical variations -- 8. Length of life -- 9. Sex, season and climate -- 10. Sex ratios, race, and birth rank -- 11. Sex ratios and cultural environment -- 12. Survival and inheritance -- 13. Leadership, birth rank, and season of birth -- 14. Genius and season -- 15. A test by countries -- 16. Temperature, health and genius -- 17. The abnormal and the insane -- 18. The evolution of homo sapiens -- 19. The seasons and human progress. Appendix A. Contributors of statistical material. Appendix B. Bibliography.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 453-458.