In the name of science: the conceptual and ideological background of Charles Richet’s eugenics
Abstract The French physiologist and Nobel Prize winner Charles Richet was the author of an impressive quantity of writings, including novels and poetry. He was an out-and-out eugenicist, convinced that “intentional, conscious, scientific, and methodical” selection could achieve “any result, provide...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
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| Series: | História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos |
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