Education or degeneration: E. Ray Lankester, H. G. Wells and The outline of history

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-229

  Barnett, Richard ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darwinism; Degeneration; E. Ray Lankester; Education; Eugenics; H. G. Wells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL GENETICS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOOLOGY;

EDUCATION; ENGLAND; EUGENICS; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 33744906539     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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