The greatest collective scientific fraud of the 20th century: The demolition of differential psychology and eugenics

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-268

  Nyborg, Helmuth ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Academic fraud; Demonization; Differential psychology; Eugenics; Institutional bias; Political correctness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954472524     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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