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Francis Galton: The Man Who Invented Eugenics

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Francis Galton: The Man Who Invented Eugenics 14 Sep 2023 --- Great Britain in the 19th Century was a hotbed for scientific and technological innovation. Scholars, scientists, inventors, and theorists of the age laid the foundations for many of the wonders of the 20th Century and the contemporary era. Not all of these inventions and ideas were for the better, however. Even if conceived with the best intentions in mind, they would pave the way for some of the worst horrors that would darken the skies of Europe and beyond. Today's biography concerns one of the most damaging "scientific" theories ever to be considered by human minds. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet For more, check out https://www.Biographics.org Check out Karl's channels: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Sources: ‘A Life of Sir Francis Galton’ by Nicholas Wright Gillham https://www.scribd.com/doc/93232110/A-Life-of-Francis-Galton Aubert-Marson, Dominique. “Sir Francis Galton: the father of eugenics”. Med Sci (Paris) Volume 25, Number 6-7, June-July 2009 https://www.medecinesciences.org/en/articles/medsci/full_html/2009/08/medsci2009256-7p641/medsci2009256-7p641.html Newman, James R. “Francis Galton.” Scientific American 190, no. 1 (1954): 72–77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24944446 Clauser, Brian E. Review of The Life and Labors of Francis Galton: A Review of Four Recent Books about the Father of Behavioral Statistics, by M. Bulmer, M. Brookes, A. S. Byatt, and N. W. Gillham. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 32, no. 4 (2007): 440–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20172097 Berezowsky, S. (2015). STATISTICAL CRITICISM AND THE EMINENT MAN IN FRANCIS GALTON'S HEREDITARY GENIUS. Victorian Literature and Culture, 43(4), 821-839. doi:10.1017/S1060150315000273 Waller, John C.. “Commentary: The birth of the twin study--a commentary on Francis Galton's 'The history of twins'.” International journal of epidemiology 41 4 (2012): 913-7 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33315 https://galton.org/biography/biography.html https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/origins-eugenics http://www.buttelake.com/corr.htm#:~:text=Galton%27s%20definition%20reveals%20the%20properties%20of%20the%20correlation,increase%20together%3B%20a%20negative%20correlation%20indicates%20one%20decreases Eugenics in the UK: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/ https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20speople-improving-the-nations-stock-for-great-and-greater-britain-eugenics-in-the-1920s/ Eugenics in the US: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ Eugenics in the III Reich: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10681287/ Eugenics in Sweden: https://www.nature.com/articles/37848 Eugenics in the Soviet Union: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21466003/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337291231_The_Concept_of_the_%27New_Soviet_Man%27_As_a_Eugenic_Project_Eugenics_in_Soviet_Russia_after_World_War_II https://www.scribd.com/article/428549737/In-The-Twisted-Story-Of-Eugenics-The-Bad-Guy-Is-All-Of-Us-Angela-Saini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francis Galton: The Man Who Invented Eugenics 14 Sep 2023 --- Great Britain in the 19th Century was a hotbed for scientific and technological innovation. Scholars, scientists, inventors, and theorists of the age laid the foundations for many of the wonders of the 20th Century and the contemporary era. Not all of these inventions and ideas were for the better, however. Even if conceived with the best intentions in mind, they would pave the way for some of the worst horrors that would darken the skies of Europe and beyond. Today's biography concerns one of the most damaging "scientific" theories ever to be considered by human minds. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet For more, check out https://www.Biographics.org Check out Karl's channels: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Sources: ‘A Life of Sir Francis Galton’ by Nicholas Wright Gillham https://www.scribd.com/doc/93232110/A-Life-of-Francis-Galton Aubert-Marson, Dominique. “Sir Francis Galton: the father of eugenics”. Med Sci (Paris) Volume 25, Number 6-7, June-July 2009 https://www.medecinesciences.org/en/articles/medsci/full_html/2009/08/medsci2009256-7p641/medsci2009256-7p641.html Newman, James R. “Francis Galton.” Scientific American 190, no. 1 (1954): 72–77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24944446 Clauser, Brian E. Review of The Life and Labors of Francis Galton: A Review of Four Recent Books about the Father of Behavioral Statistics, by M. Bulmer, M. Brookes, A. S. Byatt, and N. W. Gillham. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 32, no. 4 (2007): 440–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20172097 Berezowsky, S. (2015). STATISTICAL CRITICISM AND THE EMINENT MAN IN FRANCIS GALTON'S HEREDITARY GENIUS. Victorian Literature and Culture, 43(4), 821-839. doi:10.1017/S1060150315000273 Waller, John C.. “Commentary: The birth of the twin study--a commentary on Francis Galton's 'The history of twins'.” International journal of epidemiology 41 4 (2012): 913-7 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33315 https://galton.org/biography/biography.html https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/origins-eugenics http://www.buttelake.com/corr.htm#:~:text=Galton%27s%20definition%20reveals%20the%20properties%20of%20the%20correlation,increase%20together%3B%20a%20negative%20correlation%20indicates%20one%20decreases Eugenics in the UK: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/ https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20speople-improving-the-nations-stock-for-great-and-greater-britain-eugenics-in-the-1920s/ Eugenics in the US: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ Eugenics in the III Reich: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10681287/ Eugenics in Sweden: https://www.nature.com/articles/37848 Eugenics in the Soviet Union: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21466003/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337291231_The_Concept_of_the_%27New_Soviet_Man%27_As_a_Eugenic_Project_Eugenics_in_Soviet_Russia_after_World_War_II https://www.scribd.com/article/428549737/In-The-Twisted-Story-Of-Eugenics-The-Bad-Guy-Is-All-Of-Us-Angela-Saini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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