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Alex Aylward, Departmental Lecturer in the History of Science, Faculty of History, University of Oxford 
Thursday 21 April 2022, 10:10-11:10
Alex Aylward: “On reading a book of two halves: A long history of The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection”
- 👤 Speaker: Alex Aylward, Departmental Lecturer in the History of Science, Faculty of History, University of Oxford 🔗 Website
- 📅 Date & Time: Thursday 21 April 2022, 10:10 - 11:10
- 📍 Venue: hybrid
Abstract
R. A. Fisher’s ‘The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (1930)’ is among the most celebrated and influential works in modern evolutionary thought. Its final five chapters on eugenics, meanwhile, are notorious. This talk takes a long view, following the book through its writing, publication, reception, and longer legacies. In particular, I’ll ask how author and readers understood and negotiated the relationship between the book’s ‘scientific’ and ‘eugenical’ halves.
For further information and to register, please visit: https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/discover/fisher-21st-century
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Series This talk is part of the Fisher in the 21st Century series.
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