Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century

Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 363
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ISBN-10 : 9781317319207
ISBN-13 : 1317319206
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Download or read book Human Heredity in the Twentieth Century written by Bernd Gausemeier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection examine how human heredity was understood between the end of the First World War and the early 1970s. The contributors explore the interaction of science, medicine and society in determining how heredity was viewed across the world during the politically turbulent years of the twentieth century.


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