Eugenics: Then and now: Jan A. Witkowski and John R. Inglis : Davenport’s dream: 21st century reflections on heredity and eugenics. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2008, xiii+490pp, $55 HB [Book Review]

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Eugenics: Then and now Content Type Journal Article DOI 10.1007/s11016-010-9477-1 Authors Staffan Müller-Wille, ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, Byrne House, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PJ UK Journal Metascience Online ISSN 1467-9981 Print ISSN 0815-0796.

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