Part Three: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

Behind the Bastards

Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women.

 

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://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC

https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897

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Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women.

 

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://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC

https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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