Stories
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
Catalogue
- Journals
Eugenics laboratory memoirs / University of London, Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics.
Date: 1907-
- Books
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Tuberculosis, heredity and environment / by Karl Pearson ... being a lecture delivered at the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, March 12, 1912.
Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936.Date: 1912- Archives and manuscripts
Francis Galton Research Fellowship in National Eugenics
Date: 1904Reference: GALTON/2/13/3/34Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
National Association for the Feeble-Minded to Francis Galton
Date: May 1905Reference: GALTON/2/4/19/8/1Part of: Galton Papers- Books
Social problems : their treatment, past, present, and future : (a lecture delivered at the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, March 19, 1912) / by Karl Pearson.
Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936.Date: 1912