julian-huxley

JULIAN HUXLEY__ __UGENICS MANIFESTO_:__ugenics Manifesto_ was the name given to an article supporting eugenics. The document, which appeared in Nature, September 16, 1939, was a joint statement issued by America__ and Britain__ most prominent biologists, and was widely referred to as the __ugenics Manifesto._ The manifesto was a response to a request from Science Service, of Washington, D.C. for a reply to the question __ow could the world__ population be improved most effectively genetically?_ Two of the main signatories and authors were Hermann J. Muller and Julian Huxley. Julian Huxley, as this book documents, was the founding director of UNESCO from the famous Huxley family. Muller was an American geneticist, educator and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation. Put into the context of the timeline, this document was published 15 years after __ein Kampf_ and a year after the highly publicized violence of Kristallnacht. In other words, there is no way either Muller or Huxley were unaware at the moment of publication of the historical implications of eugenic agendas.