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Control is persuasive, sensible, and ultimately reassuring, but it is not complacent...To know history is 'to inoculate ourselves against its being repeated, ' Rutherford argues. From that perspective, this book is a shot worth having. -- Guardian (UK) A clear-sighted look at the past and present dangers of eugenics. Rutherford tells [the story] with great concision and with clarity, both scientific and moral...Honest, informed, and humane. -- Financial Times (UK) A remarkable combination of intelligence, knowledge, insight, and admirable political passion, on a serious moral problem in contemporary society. -- Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Rutherford's swift, well-written account of these fascinating scientific and moral issues is well worth a read. -- The Times (UK)

A remarkable combination of intelligence, knowledge, insight, and admirable political passion, on a serious moral problem in contemporary society. -- Carlo Rovelli, New York Times bestselling author A clear-sighted look at the past and present dangers of eugenics. Rutherford tells [the story] with great concision and with clarity, both scientific and moral. -- Financial Times (UK) Control is persuasive, sensible, and ultimately reassuring, but it is not complacent...To know history is 'to inoculate ourselves against its being repeated, ' Rutherford argues. From that perspective, this book is a shot worth having. -- Guardian (UK) Rutherford's swift, well-written account of these fascinating scientific and moral issues is well worth a read. -- The Times (UK)

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Adam Rutherford is a geneticist and the author of several books including The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything* (*Abridged), How to Argue with a Racist, and the national bestseller A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived. He cohosts the popular BBC science podcast The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry, and appears frequently on television. He lives in London. Greg Patmore, Audie Award winner, became an actor in his midforties, fulfilling a lifelong ambition, when he trained at Arts Educational Schools, and has enjoyed a varied career on stage, screen, and in the voice-over studio ever since.

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