Part Four: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

17 September - 53 mins
Podcast Series Behind the Bastards

We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust.

Sources: 

https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere

https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans

https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anti-racism/lies-damned-lies-and-racist-statistics/

https://www.scienceaq.com/Article/other/22011.html

https://publicd...

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