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Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Adam Rutherford
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How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past?Did eugenics work? Could it work? Or was it always a pseudoscientific fantasy?
Throughout history, people have sought to reduce suffering, eliminate disease and enhance desirable qualities in their children. In the Victorian era eugenics, a full-blooded attempt to impose control over unruly biology, began to grow among the powerful and quickly spread to dozens of countries around the world. But these ideas are not merely historical: today, with new gene editing techniques, conversations are happening about tinkering with the DNA of our unborn children to make them smarter, fitter, stronger. Deeply steeped in contemporary genetics, CONTROL offers a vital account of one of the defining - and most destructive - ideas of the twentieth century.
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Praise for Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
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A short, sharp, illuminating overview of the science, politics, uses and abuses of human gene editing - OBSERVER, Book of the WeekRutherford's swift, well-written account of these fascinating scientific and moral issues is well worth a read - THE TIMES, Book of the WeekPersuasive, sensible and ultimately reassuring, but not complacent . . . this book is a shot worth having - GUARDIAN, Book of the DayFizzy and pugnacious . . . brilliant . . . A fierce and funny broadside against eugenics and its admirers - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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