In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity by Daniel J. Kevles [Book Review]

Robert Olby, R. Lewontin & Daniel Kevles

Isis 77:311-319 (1986) Copy BIBT_EX

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Classical Genetics in Philosophy of Biology

Eugenics in Applied Ethics

History of Biology in Philosophy of Biology

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