The hidden science of eugenics

D B Paul; H G Spencer

doi:10.1038/374302a0

The hidden science of eugenics

Nature. 1995 Mar 23;374(6520):302-4. doi: 10.1038/374302a0.

Authors

D B Paul¹, H G Spencer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston 02125.

PMID: 7885463
DOI: 10.1038/374302a0

Abstract

The early eugenicists were not stupid, but they did not share our social values. The rise and fall of the eugenics movement is a history that modern medical geneticists would do well to heed.

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Eugenics* / history
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
History, 20th Century
Humans
Internationality
National Socialism
Social Values