The future of human heredity : an introduction to eugenics in modern society / Frederick Osborn.

  • Osborn, Frederick, 1889-1981.
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[1968]
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Credit: The future of human heredity : an introduction to eugenics in modern society / Frederick Osborn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sees a distinct measure of hope. Today's imbalanee may, even now, be veering again in the direction of inherited health and \ igor for greater numbers of our fellow man.Th. Dobzhansky pro\'ides a foreword. This is an important book. — SIR JULIAN HUXLEY FREDERICK OSBORN is Chairman of the Executive Committee of The Population Council, an organization with which he has been identified since its inception in 1952. Educated at Princeton and Cambridge, Mr. Osborn served in the U. S. Army as Director of Troop Information and Education dur¬ ing World War II. For over thirty years, as Research Associate in Anthropology at The American Museum of Natural History, he has worked in close associa¬ tion with psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists on genetic and popula¬ tion factors in modern life. Mr. Os¬ born's earlier books include Preface to Eugenics and Population, An Interna¬ tional Dilemma.