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The Problematic Unity of Biometrics *
Author(s) -
Stigler Stephen M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
biometrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.298
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1541-0420
pISSN - 0006-341X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0006-341x.2000.00653.x
Subject(s) - biometrics , galton's problem , sociology , epistemology , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , statistics
Summary. The word “biometry” may be less than 200 years old, but it can be argued that work we would now consider biometric dates back even to the pre‐Christian era. The unity of biometry is attested through examples spanning two millennia, and a lesson from Francis Galton is recalled from a century ago.