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In the name of eugenics : genetics and the uses of human heredity / by Daniel J. Kevles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Knopf, 1985.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 426 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0394507029
  • 9780394507026
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: In the name of eugenics.DDC classification:
  • 304.5 19
LOC classification:
  • HQ751 .K48 1985
NLM classification:
  • HQ 751
Other classification:
  • 44.02
Summary: Traces the history of eugenics, the science of improving human beings by exploiting theories of heredity, from its late-nineteenth-century origins to the present, addressing such controversial issues as cloning and genetic engineering.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Traces the history of eugenics, the science of improving human beings by exploiting theories of heredity, from its late-nineteenth-century origins to the present, addressing such controversial issues as cloning and genetic engineering.

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