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Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields – but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenics

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields – but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenicsA man of genius – but his ideas were not to the benefit of all humankind.Mondadori Portfolio/Hulton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images

A popular pseudoscience was leaving its mark on American culture a century ago in everything from massive reductions in quotas for immigration to the U.S., to thousands of “fitter family” contests...

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