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Description
In 1911, the influential geneticist Charles Davenport published Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, advancing his ideas of how genetics would improve society in the 20th century. It became a college textbook and a foundation for the widespread eugenics movement in the United States. Nearly 100 years later, many of the issues raised by Davenport are again being debated, in different guises. In this new volume, prominent academics discuss themes from Davenport’s book—human genetic variation, mental illness, nature vs. nurture, human evolution—in a contemporary context. Davenport’s original book is reprinted along with the essays. This book will be useful to historians of science as well as those interested in the social implications of human genetics research—past, present, and future.
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Content
Preface
Jan A. Witkowski and John R. Inglis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Foreword
Matt Ridley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Genes and Politics
James D. Watson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Charles Benedict Davenport, 1866–1944
Jan A. Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The Eugenic World of Charles Benedict Davenport
Elof A. Carlson, University at Stony Brook
Davenport’s Dream
Maynard V. Olson, University of Washington
Genetic Determinism and Evolutionary Ethics: A Mitochondrial Perspective
Douglas C. Wallace, University of California, Irvine
Psychiatric Genetics in an Era of Relative Enlightenment
Daniel R. Weinberger, National Institute of Mental Health, and David Goldman, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Genes in Mind?
Lindsey Kent, St. Andrews University, and Simon Baron-Cohen, Cambridge University
Davenport and Heredity Counseling
Philip R. Reilly, Interleukin Genetics
Genetics and Equality
Ronald Dworkin, New York University School of Law
Genetics and Human Nature
Lewis Wolpert, University College London
A Reprint of Heredity in Relation to Eugenics
Charles Benedict Davenport (Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911)
Index
Audience/Reader
Molekularbiologie
Genetik
Eugenik
Biochemie
Philosophie
Ethik
Details about author
Jan A. Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; John R. Inglis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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