In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity

Daniel J. Kevles

University of California Press, 1995 - 426 páginas

Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic engineering. It is rich in narrative, anecdote, attention to human detail, and stories of competition among scientists who have dominated the field.

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Daniel J. Kevles writes In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity in light of the claim that modern genetic research is tinged with the eugenic legacy. He makes the book “a ...

Índice

• Francis Galton Founder of the Faith: 3
• Karl Pearson for Saint Biometrika: 20
• Charles Davenport and the Worship of Great Concepts: 41
• The Gospel Becomes Popular: 57
• Deterioration and Deficiency: 71
• Measures of Regeneration: 85
• Eugenie Enaetments: 96
• A Coalition of Critics: 113
• False Biology: 129
• Lionel Penrose and the Colchester Survey: 148
• A Reform Eugenics: 164
• Brave New Biology: 176
• The Establishment of Human Genetics: 193
• Apogee of the English School: 212
• Blood Big Science and Biochemistry: 223
• Chromosomesthe Binders Mistakes: 238
• A New Eugenics: 251
• Varieties of Presumptuousness: 269
• Songs of Deieide: 291
• Notes so Essay on Sources: 383
• Acknowledgments: 407
• Index: 411

Sobre el autor

Daniel J. Kevles, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University, taught American history for many years at the California Institute of Technology. He has written extensively on the history of science and its relationship to American politics and society in the twentieth century. His works include The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America and In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Society of American Historians and is currently a Distinguished Lecturer of the Organization of American Historians.

Información bibliográfica

• Título: In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity; Número 95 de ISSR Library; ISSR collection; International Society for Science and Religion Collection
• Autor: Daniel J. Kevles
• Edición: reimpresa
• Editor: University of California Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0520057635, 9780520057630
• N.º de páginas: 426 páginas